quadrille

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1. quadrille - Noun

2. quadrille - Verb

Meaning

A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.

The appropriate music for a quadrille.

A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.

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But the vogue for the waltz and the quadrille ousted the country dance from English ballrooms in the early 19th century, though Scottish country dance remained popular. Source: Internet

Folk dancing Folk dances of British origin include the square dance, descended from the quadrille, combined with the American innovation of a caller instructing the dancers. Source: Internet

If most of the figures are danced between facing couples across the set, as in the 19th century quadrille and dances derived from it, the couple opposite the first is the "second couple". Source: Internet

In the 19th century quadrille, the third couple is to the first couple's right. Source: Internet

String band music, quadrille and bele music and traditional storytelling are also popular. Source: Internet

The pair dances a quadrille in the courtyard, which moves Rodolfo to jealousy. Source: Internet

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