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The cotillion (also cotillon or French country dance) is a social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and North America. Originally for four couples in square formation , it was a courtly version of an English country dance , the forerunner of the quadrille and, in the United States, the square dance .
These are two important, but different, Southern traditions—so don’t get them confused.
Emily was tall, pretty and spoiled. [...] She grew up in a world of grand estates, her life governed by carefully delineated rituals like the cotillion with its complex forms and its dances—the Fan, the Ladies Mocked, Mother Goose—called out in dizzying turns by the dance master. [1]
The novel was begun in 1952 and during its course was given two earlier alternative titles. The first was Quadrille, a dance for four couples in square formation, of which a cotillion (the final title) was a more lively forerunner.
The Links, Incorporated, founded in 1946, is an invitation-only social service organization for women that requires each member to accumulate many volunteer hours. It is known for numerous annual social activities, including debutante cotillions, fashion show luncheons, auctions, and balls. [17]
Ivey said in a statement posted on the social platform X after the bill's passage. The Alabama legislation was approved as more Republican-led states look to enact laws defining men and women ...
She wants to try cotillion. In an attempt to protect her from unwanted attention, I email the woman in charge of the Saturday evening dance lessons to say my daughter has a medical condition.
Contradance (also known as cotillion) is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. [1] It is probably so called because when the game is won, it shows the king and the queen of each suit about to do a dance, the cotillion being a country dance from the 18th century.