contredanse

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This leads into the final number, a contredanse, the French version of English country dancing.

From New York Times

Two contredanse movements with idiosyncratic rhythms and instrumental colorings — and exuberant foot stomping — revealed an unexpected kinship with the contemporary piece by Mr. Andres.

From New York Times

Less than a month after mid-summer, the hour was not so much into morning, and there were some tireless votaries of Terpsichore inclined for still another contredanse, by way of wind up.

From Project Gutenberg

The strains of the orchestra who had struck the measure of the first figure of a contredanse sounded like fairy-music, distant, unreal in their ears.

From Project Gutenberg

Flocks of old gulls, enormous as hens, fluttered with evolutions like a contredanse upon its glossy surface.

From Project Gutenberg