The Manual of the Ball Room; Containing the Newest and Most Fashionable Dances1853 |
Common terms and phrases
advance and retire advance and stop back to places ball bottom couples Calisthenics Cavendish Square chaine anglaise chassez croissé commence Country dance couple begin dance the figure deportment DEUX TEMPS enter a ball-room forward four ladies galopade round gentleman begins give hand give right hands give their right giving left hands grace grand chain Grande Ronde Half promenade half right HIGHLAND REEL join hands join right hands L'Eté ladies advance ladies cross lady and gentleman lady and opposite left foot left to places main droite MAZOURKA mence Minuet opposite couple opposite gentleman advance partners to places performed polka POLONAISE quadrille recross Redowa repeat the figure retire twice réunions right and left ROGER DE COVERLEY round to places second couple set and turn set to partners side couples slides step take the centre Terpsichore top and bottom tour turn half round turn once round turn partners VALSE À DEUX waltz