dansant

By 1910, the higher-end tea rooms became a little more sophisticated: palm court orchestras were added, the food became a little more cosmopolitan, cocktails were served, space for dancing was created, and afternoon tea was transformed into thé dansant.

The Tea Rooms of London | Edwardian Promenade 2009

A new and exciting development in this period was the thé dansant, or tea dance.

Thé Dansant | Edwardian Promenade 2007

Larry Downing/Reuters Alex Wells, 13, of San Diego, spelled "mince" correctly in round two on Wednesday, left, and made it to round five Thursday before misspelling "dansant."

Spelled Out 2009

Snapperton do last year at her dejeune dansant after the Bohemian

The History of Pendennis 2006

Without a sigh he left his lady in Norfolk Street to mix gin-sling for other admirers, and felt no regret though four brother navvies were going to make a stunning night of it at the ‘Salon de Seville dansant,’ at the bottom of Holborn Hill.

The Three Clerks 2004

It was a fortunate thing that the _déjeûné dansant_ so absorbed Mr. Richard Avenel's thoughts, that even the conflagration of his rick could not scare away the graceful and poetic images connected with that pastoral festivity.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

Indeed, if the whole truth must be known, Mr. Richard Avenel not only gave that _déjeûné dansant_ in honor of Mr.. M'Catchley, but he had fixed in his heart of hearts upon that occasion (when surrounded by all his splendor, and assisted by the seductive arts of Terpsichore and Bacchus), to whisper to Mr.. M'Catchley those soft words which -- but why not here let Mr. Richard

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

And, therewith, a _déjeûné dansant_ Mr. Avenel resolved to give.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

The huge room was filling rapidly; it was the hour of the _thé dansant_.

Juggernaut Alice Campbell

We went back once more to a thé dansant given for her seventeen-year-old daughter.

Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington