gavotte
/ɡəˈvɑt/
noun
- A lively French dance in moderate duple time, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- The orchestra played a charming gavotte by Bach.
- The dancers performed a graceful gavotte at the Renaissance fair.
- She learned the steps of the gavotte for her music history class.
- The music for a gavotte dance.
- I downloaded a recording of a gavotte by Rameau.
- The gavotte has a distinctive rhythm that makes it easy to recognize.
- The pianist played a beautiful gavotte from the Baroque period.