Ball (dance)
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A ball is a formal dance.
Attenders wear evening attire, which is specified on the invitation as black tie or white tie (the most formal)[citation needed]. Social dance forms a large part of the evening; actual ballroom dancing may or may not occur.
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Etymology [edit]
The word "ball" derives from the Latin word ballare, meaning "to dance"; the Latin word also developed into bailar, the Spanish and Portuguese verbs for "to dance". Catalan uses the same word, ball, for the dance event. Similarly, in Scottish Gaelic, the noun ball means "a dance; a spot, a place".[1]
Types of ball [edit]
See also [edit]
- Ball gown
- Ballroom
- Cinderella
- Dance card
- Dining in
- Duchess of Richmond's Ball
- The Gaskell Ball
- Sadie Hawkins dance
- United States presidential inaugural balls
- Vienna Opera Ball
References [edit]
- ^ Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 83, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4
Further reading [edit]
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