The jig measure, which corresponds to the canter in a horse's paces, produced a strong bounding up and down of the hoopand the gavotte measure, which corresponds to the short trot, produced a tremulous and agitated motion.

Minuets and Forlanes were still continued; but Monsieur Vestris displaced the latter by the Gavotte, which he taught to Monsieur Trenis and Madame de Choiseul, who first danced it at a fête given by a lady of celebrity, at the Hotel de Valentinois, Rue St. Lazar, on the 16th of August, 1797; at this fête, Monsieur Hullin introduced an entirely new set of figures of his own composition.

The figure of La Trenis, was introduced by Monsieur Trenis's desire, it being part of the figure from a Gavotte, danced in the then favourite ballet of Nina.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte in D major; piano.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte and musette, op.11.

Gavotte and musette, op.11; piano.

Gavotte and musette, op.11.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte in D major; piano.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte in D major.

Gavotte and musette, op.11.

Gavotte and musette, op.11; piano.

Gavotte and musette, op.11.

The music changed into a sprightly gavotte, Katherine's ears fairly tingled with the confusion of sound.

They sat ensconced in flowers and drapings of satin brocade, looking down upon splendidly and wonderfully dressed princes and dukes, lords and counts, with their ladies dancing the gavotte.

Lord Cedric leant over and begged the Russian count to change the tune to a gavotte.

After dancing the stately gavotte, it appeared that the whole company became heavy and wished for retirement; it might have been a ruse on the part of beaux, and the fair ones fell into the trap; be it as it may, the ladies retired.

Just as it struck eight, and the hum of the clock in the hall died away, a little tune in harmony, like a gavotte, was played by softly-tingling tiny bells.

I little thought how much I should grow to connect that fairy gavotte with Aveley.

For him I danced the "Gavotte," the "shawl-dance," as taught to do by Monsieur Mallet, at the great dancing-school on Chestnut Street, or jumped Jim Crow to his infinite amusement and the unmitigated disgust of Evelyn, to whom his physical infirmity made him any thing but attractive.