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The English country dance is a very social type of folk dance. It started during the English Renaissance from the 15th through 17th centuries. This dance was popular until the 19th century in Europe, the United States and American colonies.

This dance came back in the early 20th century. It is done mostly in North America and around Britain.

There are many versions: clockwise, counter-clockwise, cross-over, double and the figure of 8.

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  • A country dance in a long hall; the elegance of the couple o Wellcome V0049213

    A comical 18th-century country dance - engraving by Hogarth

  • Country dance, performed by villagers. Engraving by Abraham Wellcome V0049745

    A village country dance - engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.

  • Andre Lorin

    Lorin's contradanse choreography, one of the earliest western dance notations

  • La Trénis 1805

    The "La Trénis" figure of the Contredanse, an illustration from Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1805

  • StateLibQld 1 201235 Country dance, Helenvale, ca. 1910

    Country dance, Queensland, about 1910

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