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Show PRIVATE DANCING. 501 dance the chasse, similar to the chasse-croise of four. (See preceding). REMARKS ON THE FINALE. The ladies frequently, in this figure, substituted the moulinet for the chaine des dames; presenting their right hand, they went round in the middle of the dance during four bars ; then relinquishing the right hand, they gave the left, and performed the moulinet back again. The ladies then, without disengaging the left, gave each the right hand to her partner, and all set during four bars. Each gentleman and his partner then executed the tour de main, while re-entering their places. The terns figure was formerly executed on the right, or at the side, when each gentleman and lady present went off, to place themselves before the couple who were on the right, in order to do the half-setting, or, demi-balance ; they then formed what is called the open chasse, until they appeared in two lines, each gentleman finding himself then opposite his partner; the whole eight then advanced and retired, each gentleman met his partner and performed the tour de main, until arrived at his place. This figure is no longer practised, in consequence of the confusion which dancers experience, who now perform Quadrilles or Contre-dances with numbers exceeding eight. THE FIGURE CALLED DES GRACES. 1.-A gentleman with his partner present right hands, at the same time the gentleman gives his left to the lady who dances on his left, and the two ladies present each her hand to the other behind the gentleman at the waist, all three then advance, and retire twice during eight bars. 32 |