The earliest dances that bear any relation to the modern art are probably the danses basses and danses hautes of the 16th century.
The danses hautes or baladines had a skipping step, and were practised only by clowns and country people.
It continued among the witches, and in 1598 in the Lyons district 'il y a encor des Demons, qui assistent à ces danses en forme de boucs, ou de moutons.
True and exact Relation of the severall Informations, Examinations and Confessions of the late Witches executed in the County of Essex.
Under torture he made admissions and signed a confession in the presence of the King.
As the witch trials in Great Britain seldom mention, much less describe, the dance, it follows that the greater number of the cases of masks are found in France, though a few occur in Scotland, still fewer in England.
Ah, if you only knew how we love your Scheherazade and your Danses du Prince Igor!
I regret it all the more because the danses d'ensemble of the coachmen, nurses, and mummers and the solo dances must be regarded as Fokine's finest creations.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "danses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
