Kitty Keller 4: De La Cuisse and the Contredanse Française (1762)
Channel: SquareDanceHistory2
Date: 2020-08-05

Fourth in a series of six videos tracing the development of social dance from English country dance in the 17th c. through the cotillion of the 18th century.  Dance historian Kate Van Winkle discusses the 1762 publication by de la Cuisse, which describes hundreds of dances; these included opening figures (honor your partner, honor your corner) that did not exist in English country dances and which we later find in square dances. The full 90 minute interview can be found at https://youtu.be/QT7Owqhc_YI