0 a dance in which four pairs of dancers dance together, that was popular in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries --
Terms used in the quadrille are mostly the same as those in ballet.
It takes its name from the quadrille, a dance in which the participants constantly swap partners.
However, the quadrille tradition now only survives at holidays and festivals.
He hired rooms and taught the dances - quadrilles, schottisches, polkas, and the like - before the dance started.
Masqueraders travel door to door and receive small gifts, while dancing a standard set of dances consisting of a heel-and-toe polka and five quadrilles.
The set is made up of four couples in a square formation, similar to a quadrille or square dance formation.
They each do a series of sets, consisting of five quadrilles played at successively swifter tempos.
The quadrille was frequently danced to a medley of opera melodies.
