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- Subject is exactly "Contredanse française"
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3 Contredanses françaises
These three dances date to the late 18th century. They are reconstructed from the Manuscrit de Trois-Rivières, the earliest dance manuscript in Canada; click here for more information about the… View itemMoving Image
Contredanse française - pot-pourri of dances
This selection of dances from the period of the French Revolution begins with an introduction (in French). The actual dancing begins about 2:20. View itemMoving Image
Contredanse française – La réverbère
Dance from the later 1700s, during the reign of Louis VXI (1754-1793), illustrating this dance form that emerged from the cotillon and led to the development of the quadrille. View itemDocument
Cotillon / Cotillion / Contredanse Française
referring to a dance in our collection:The dance is a contredanse from de la Cuisse, published in 1762. It was not called a cotillion in France. Once de la Cuisse had published his collection, the… View itemDocument
Emergence and Development of the Cotillon
Jean-Michel Guilcher is a pre-eminent scholar of French dance. This is an excerpt from his book, La contredanse: un tournant dans l'histoire française de la danse, translated for the Square… View itemDocument
History of Square Dancing - Ralph Page
Between 1972 and 1974, Ralph Page wrote a series of essays entitled A History of Square Dancing. For ease in downloading, we have collected them into "chapters" that group together similar topics.… View itemWebsite
Kitty Keller - Social Dance History
This is a series of six edited videos, selections from a 90-minute interview with social dance historian Kate Van Winkle Keller. She is a specialist in dances of the 18th century, and here she trace… View itemMoving Image
La boulangère - dance of French Revolution
Dance from the period of the French Revolution. La Boulangère was the only dance mentioned by name by Jane Austen, and it is related to an American dance figure of the south called the Shoo-Fly Swing. View itemDocument
La naissance du cotillon et du quadrille, contredanses françaises
Article (in French) by Simonne Voyer, who is the author of La danse traditionnelle dans l'est du Canada: quadrilles et cotillons. For a translation in English by Susan Kevra, click here. View itemWebsite
Late Eighteenth-Century Social Dance (article)
Article that provides a summary of 18th century dance, including the contredanse française, a dance for four couples in a square. Also offers links to documents in the Library of Congress… View itemWebsite
Nineteenth Century Social Dance (article)
Library of Congress overview of dance history, including links to specific books in their collection. View item
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