1. contradance - Noun
2. contradance - Verb
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDanzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance. Rachel Kushner
In 1998 Karen Robinson also invented a game which Hans Bodlaender named Chess Contradance, as the setup is like a contradance with the two lines facing each other. Source: Internet