| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Advance and retire: Couples 1 and 2, beginning with ML/WR foot, advance and retire with 2 pas de gavotte (1-4). Repeat (1-4). |
| 5-12 | (b) | M2 and W1 advance with 2 step-hops (5-6) and 2 vippetrin to R then L (7-8), give R hands, and circle once round CW, 4 demi-contretemps or pas de bourée.
Finish in original place. |
| 5-12 | M1 and W2 repeat (b). | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Figuré (frolic):
All advance diagonally L, so as to finish R shoulder to R shoulder with partner (1-2). Retire diagonally R to original place (3-4).
M1
W1
M2
W2
All advance diagonally R, so as to finish L shoulder to L shoulder with partner (1-2). Retire diagonally L to original place (3-4).
W1
M1
W2
M2
|
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | One hand to partner: Couples 1 and 2 give R hand to partner and circle CW on the spot, 4 step-hops or pas de bourées (1-4). Repeat with L hand to partner, circling CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | Both hands to partner: Couples 1 and 2 give both hands to partner and circle CW on the spot, 4 step-hops or pas de bourées (1-4). Repeat circling CCW (1-4). |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | R-hand/L-hand star: All form R hand star and circle CW, 4 step-hops or par de bourées (1-4). Repeat in L-hand star circling CCW. |
| |:1-4:| | 6 (a) | Closed circle: All form closed circle, and circle CW, 4 step-hops or pas de bourées (1-4). Repeat circling CCW. |
| |:5-12:} | The dance finishes with part (b). |
See YouTube video with Ormuz as danced now.
Provenance: Feüillet says unequivocally in his Recueil de contredances (1706) that figures that advance and retire (or retire and advance) are always danced with pas de gavotte, figures that move side to side are always danced with chassé de côté (side-steps or gallops), and round figures (figures that circle CW or CCW) may be danced with demi-contretemps (step-hops) or pas de bourée, but that demi-contretemps is more usual.
Source: Feüillet, Raoul Auger
Le Recueil de dances de bal pour l'année 1706. Recüeillis et mises au jour par Mr Feuillet. Paris, 1705.
See also:
-- Barlow, Jeremy The dances in the Beggar's Opera DHDS, March 2005.
-- Goff, Moira Dances for four: Le Cotillon (1705), 2015.
-- Nørgaard, Kjeld lyrics
En sønderhoning og en cotillon in Dansens og musikkens rødder, nr. 72, June 2002.
-- lyrics by Voltaire (1694-1778)
Translation and description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-09-14, rev. 2021-07-09.
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