Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop” = What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Ne chassez pas deux lièvres à la fois = Do not have too many irons in the fire.
All chassez croisez, ladies right, gentlemen left (behind their partners), and back again to places.
First couples advance to couples on their right; bow and courtesy; cross to opposite side, bow and courtesy, chassez croisez, and return to places.
Nevertheless there must always be certain technical terms, such as chassez croisez, glissade, &c.
All four couples chassez croisez right and left (gentleman invariably passing behind his partner) then turn hands (tour des mains) back to places.
A chassez is performed by bringing one leg near the other, then moving it forward, backward, right, left, and round.
The gentleman begins by sliding to the left with his left foot, then performing a chassez towards the left with his right foot without turning at all during the first two times.
Leading lady and opposite gentleman advance and retire; chassez to right and left; cross over to each other's places; chassez to right and left.
He then slides backwards with his right leg, turning half round; after which he puts his left leg behind, to perform a chassez forward, turning then half round for the second time.
All eight chassez quite round, giving alternately right and left hands to partners, beginning with the right.
La grand chaine--All eight chassez quite round, giving alternately right and left hands to partners, beginning with the right.
Forward two, first lady and second gentleman then cross over, chassez and return to places.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chassez" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
