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palais glide|ˈpæleɪ glaɪd|
[f. palais de danse) + glide n. 1 c.]
A type of ballroom dance in which large groups dance together.
1938A. Moore Ballroom Dancing (ed. 2) vii. 251 The Palais Glide can hardly be termed a dance; it is reminiscent of the Gallop which has been a feature of Hunt Balls for many years... It can be danced to any Foxtrot tune..and it is played at a tempo of about 30 bars a minute. 1939Britannica Bk. of Year 196/2 Another instance of the desire to add more festiveness to British ballrooms has been the occasional introduction, at all kinds of dances, of the old ‘Palais Glide’... This is even more of a romp than the ‘Lambeth Walk’. 1969Listener 8 May 640/1 The tune stayed alive in dance-halls where, during the 1930s, it could be used for the ‘Palais Glide’. 1970Guardian 24 Dec. 9/3 The girls..engaged in a perpetual Palais Glide, regardless of rhythm. 1974R. Ingham Yoris xvii. 54 Do you remember the Palais Glide?..Lovely dance. |