passepied
/pæsˈpiːeɪ/
noun
- A lively French dance from the 17th and 18th centuries, usually in triple time, or the music for this dance.
- The composer included a cheerful passepied in his Baroque suite.
- The court musicians played a passepied as the dancers moved gracefully across the ballroom.
- She learned the steps of the passepied for her history of dance class.