dance for four couples (eight dancers) arranged in a square
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A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances are part of a broad spectrum of ...
a dance for four or more couples, popular in the 19th century and consisting of five sections in either 2/4 or 6/8
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The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. The quadrille consists of a chain of four to six contredanses. Latterly the quadrille was frequently ...
folk dance with mixed European origins, featuring long lines of couples
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Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish country dance ...