ZIG-ZAG COTILLON FIGURE
The drawing-room dances. By Cellarius (1847)

50.The Zigzags--Les Zigzags. (Waltze, polka.)


Eight or ten couples start together, and place themselves behind each other,
couple by couple, keeping a certain interval. Each gentleman should have his
partner at his right. The first couple sets out in waltzing, and passing zigzag
through all the couples to the last. The second couple then makes its way to
the last, while the conductor is returning with his lady to the head of the
phalanx. The conclusion is by a general waltze.