et dechassez, _change places with partners, ladies
passing in front, first to the right, then to the left, back to
places. It may be either_ a quatre _four couples--or_ les huit--_eight
couples_.
Chassez a droite--a gauche, _move to the right--to the left_.
Le cavalier seul, _gentleman advances alone_.
Les cavaliers seuls deux fois, _gentlemen advance and retire twice
without their partners_.
Changez vos dames, _change partners_.
Contre partie pour les autres, _the other dancers do the same figure_.
Demi promenade, _half promenade_.
Demi chaine Anglaise, _half right and left_.
Demi moulinet, _ladies all advance to centre, right hands across, and
back to places_.
Demi tour a quatre, _four hands half round_.
Dos-a-dos, _lady and opposite gentleman advance, pass round each other
back to back, and return to places_.
Les dames en moulinet, _ladies give right hands across to each other,
half round, and back again with left hands_.
Les dames donnent la main droite--gauche--a leurs cavaliers, _ladies
give the right--left--hands to partners_.
En avant deux et en arriere; _first lady and_ vis-a-vis _gentleman
advance and retire. To secure brevity_, en avant _is always understood
to imply_ en arriere _when the latter is not expressed_.
En avant deux fois, _advance and retreat twice_.
En avant quatre, _first couple and their_ vis-a-vis _advance and
retire_.
En avant trois, _three advance and retire, as in La Pastorale_.
Figurez devant, _dance before_.
Figurez a droite--a gauche, _dance to the right--to the left_.
La grande tour de rond, _all join hands and dance, completely round
the figure in a circle back to places_.
Le grand rond, _all join hands, and advance and retreat twice, as in
La Finale_.
Le grand quatre, _all eight couples form into squares_.
La grande chaine, _all the couples move quite round the figure, giving
alternately the right and left hand to each in succession, beginning
with the right, until all have regained their places, as in last
figure of the Lancers_.
La grande promenade, _all eight (or more) couples promenade all round
the figure back to places_.
La main, _the hand_.
La meme pour les cavaliers, _gentlemen do the same_.
Le moulinet, _hands across. The figure will explain whether it is the
gentlemen, or the ladies, or both, who are to perform it_.
Pas d'Allemande, _the gentleman turns his partner under each arm in
succession_.
Pas de Basque
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