noun
- plural of contredanse: French country dances performed by couples facing each other in lines
Usage: dance terminology
Examples
- The ballroom featured several contredanses during the evening’s entertainment.
- She learned traditional contredanses at the folk dance academy.
- The musicians played lively tunes for the contredanses.
- Contredanses were popular at 18th-century social gatherings.
- The dance instructor taught us three different contredanses.
- Couples lined up across from each other to perform the contredanses.