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  contredanse - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
As the sequence repeats, the caller may cut down their prompting, and eventually drop out, leaving the dancers moving to the music.
New England Contredances often are arranged in long lines of facing or opposing partners, called sets.
Becket formation is named after "Becket Reel" by Herbie Gaudreau, probably the first contredance to use this formation.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/contredanse   (1822 words)

  
 iClassics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Contredance No. 4 in B flat major WoO 14 (Beethoven)
Contredance No. 5 in E flat major WoO 14 (Beethoven)
Contredance No. 7 in E flat major WoO 14 (Beethoven)
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 CPS Council - History of Square Dancing
The French adopted and modified the English country-dance and called it the Contredance Anglais.
The French also developed the Contredance Francais or Cotilion (later to Cotillion), a dance done in a square formation with eight dancers.
The vital link to this past was the dancing master that came to this country with our forefathers and brought with them the dances of the homeland.
www.cpsc-squaredance.org /history.htm   (1363 words)

  
 How to Dance Through Time Vol. IV. The Elegance of Baroque Social Dance. Learn to dance the Minuet, Allemande, and ...
This Volume shows the most influential social dances of the French Baroque Court.
The intricate patterns of the popular Contredance are brought to life by eight dancers.
To provide an authentic historical backdrop, each dance is introduced with historical information, accompanied by original illustrations.
www.shopmountainlaurel.com /social_dance/page5.html   (121 words)

  
 Western Social Dance
Known as the contredance or contredanse, André Lorin's Livre de contredance presenté au Roy, published c.1697-1698, was the first to provide diagrams that aid in understanding of the figures of the dances.
A similar method was adopted by famed dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (born 1659 or 1660, died 1710) in his 1706 Recüeil de contredances.
In describing ten dances, Feuillet elaborated on the motions for the feet and arms, the way the dances corresponded to the music, and the rules for performance.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/dihtml/diessay3.html   (543 words)

  
 Waltz, English waltz, Viennese waltz, Slow waltz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The waltz was originally an Austrian peasant dance, and it was already danced at the Hapsburg court in the 17th century.
The current waltz grew out of a figure in the contredance.
By the start of the nineteenth century it was becoming accepted in high society, though not without opposition from dance masters, clergy, and other guardians of public morals.
www.eijkhout.net /rad/dance_specific/waltz1.html   (327 words)

  
 How to Dance Through Time - Volume IV: The Elegance of Baroque Social Dance on DVD
The complicated handholds of the picturesque Allemande, the bridge to the 19th century, are carefully delineated.
The intricate patterns of the Contredance are brought to life by eight dancers.
As with all the HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME videos, the dances are introduced with a concise, historical overview illustrated with authentic photographs and drawings.
www.dancetimepublications.com /store/HTD_Vol4.shtml   (892 words)

  
 Leading Sire Danzig Dead at 29 - bloodhorse.com
The 29-year-old son of Northern Dancer out of the Admiral's Voyage mare Pas de Nom had been pensioned since the summer of 2004 because of declining fertility.
Danzig, who was unbeaten on the racetrack for owner Henryk de Kwiatkowski and trainer Woody Stephens, got off to quick start as a stallion with three grade I winners--Chief's Crown, Contredance, and Stephan's Odyssey--from his first crop.
As a 2-year-old in 1984, Chief's Crown won the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=31576   (416 words)

  
 Ecossaise - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The ecossaise is a variety of contredance in Scotch style, especially popular in France and England at the end of the 18th century and in the beginning of the 19th.
The ecossaise was usually danced in 2/4 time.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Ecossaise contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ecossaise   (106 words)

  
 Lehman E-News: Features
Professor Cyrille has extensively studied the traditional dance and music of her homeland, Martinique, and was a Rockefeller Fellow at the Center for Black Music Research for 2003-2004.
She carried out fieldwork in St. Lucia, Dominica and Haiti to study the politics of contredance and quadrille performance in these former French colonies.
She believes the new course is important so that "students can see the great contributions that fl people have made to the world and also to raise people's awareness about the way your body is read by other people."
www.lehman.cuny.edu /lehman/enews/2005_07_11/feat_quadrille.html   (443 words)

  
 Great Music Products Product Details
This collection of viola pieces is derived from Beethoven's incidental works.
Titles include: Contredance; Duet; Ecossaise; For Elise; Romanze; and Trinklied.
The piano parts frequently double the viola to aid in performance.
www.greatmusicproductsonline.com /proddetail.asp?prod=98263   (319 words)

  
 IDC Publishers - Dance collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The collection includes works on dance history and aesthetics, dance methods and dance music in printed and manuscript form.
Dance forms include French and Italian renaissance dance (before 1630), the English country dance, the baroque dance (after 1630) and the contredance (before 1820).
Contact IDC should you wish to order separate titles
www.idc.nl /collection14_2_34.html   (52 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: Today's News
Julie's Witt won a pair of stakes on the turf at Woodbine, including the 1999 Ontario Damsel Stakes.
Bred in Kentucky by Juddmonte Farms, Shotiche is out of the unraced Cyane mare Nimble Folly, who produced multiple graded stakes winner Skimble, dam of Skimming, winner of the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) in 2000 and '01; Grade 1 winner Contredance; and stakes winner Old Alliance.
Shotiche won five of 18 starts in five seasons and earned $208,818.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=42974&subsec=6   (654 words)

  
 SZB database - Full view of document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
INSTRUCTION IN THREE 18TH-CENTURY SOCIAL DANCES: THE MINUET, ALLEMANDE AND CONTREDANCE
CAROL T?TEN PROVIDES HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON DANCING DURING THIS PERIOD, INCLUDING A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF FEUILLET DANCE NOTATION, WHICH WAS USED TO RECORD MANY DANCES
CONTREDANCE: LA BONNE AMITE, WITH GIGUE FINALE\ CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC FOR BONNE AMITE PUBLISHED IN RAOUL AUGER FEUILLET'S RECUEIL DE CONTREDANCES, 1706 ; MUSIC FOR GIGUE, GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN.
tzion.tel-aviv.gov.il:4501 /ALEPH/ENG/SZA/SZB/SZB/FULL/1324732   (184 words)

  
 ABC Classic FM Music Details: Saturday 3 December 2005 
Mozart Contredance 'The Battle', K535; 5 Contredances 'Non, più andrai', K609 - Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
Lehár The Land of Smiles: Bei einem Tee à deux; Dein ist mein ganzes Herz!
Beethoven 12 Contredances, WoO14 - Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
www.abc.net.au /classic/daily/stories/s1502843.htm   (1724 words)

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