Lots of old white men perform a contredanse on both sides of the truth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watching the Iraq Hearings With Petraeus and Crocker - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The work's finale provides the second outing for a tune Beethoven was to employ four times, starting with an orchestra contredanse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rodney Punt: The LA Phil Plays With Fire -- in Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven] Reference

A corps de ballet of human women and men, dressed alike in bold magpie leotards, appeared as music struck up and began to lead the throng in elaborate contredanse patterns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

France' s contredanse, and Spain' s contradanza.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Matinik performers dancing a form of contredanse, directed by a majè (major).    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

This volume also explores another European survival, the music of Haitian contredanse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

Flocks of old gulls, enormous as hens, fluttered with evolutions like a contredanse upon its glossy surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan] Reference

The contredanse was an import into the French courts from English country dances, and it became a hugely popular dance in France of the 1700s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

These examples feature a contredanse ensemble called the Sosyete Viyolon (Violin Society) with a folk violin as the lead melodic instrument, backed by a small percussion ensemble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

Yes, Laurent, deep roots indeed, whether you look at it from the side of the profound repertoire of Vodou drumming or from the side of the creolized heritage of the contredanse that runs through the Domingan (Haitian) diaspora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Yorker] Reference

Folk fiddles are still to be found in some areas of Haiti (ethnomusicologist David Yih recorded an ensemble near Les Cayes that used one in the 1990s, and I have recorded contredanse ensembles that use a fif or wooden flute instead).    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference

Den a minuet de la cour, a cotillon, or contredanse, or reel; vatever mademoiselle please vill do us honneur. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales and Novels — Volume 01] Reference

1990s, and I have recorded contredanse ensembles that use a fif or wooden flute instead).    From Wordnik.com.  [Expecting Rain] Reference