Editing Dance in Quebec (section)

== Traditional ==
In the late 17th century, [[English country dance]]s, [[contredance]]s, [[cotillion]]s, and [[minuet]]s were popular. The most known dance was the [[bastringue]]. In the 18th century, [[reel (dance)|reels]] and [[jig]]s were introduced to Quebec from the British Isles and British colonies in America.

[[Quadrille]]s and the [[waltz]] started appearing in the 19th century, along with [[step-dancing]] (called ''la gigue'' in Quebec) and [[polka]]. They also create a funny move called {{transliteration|fr|jigly jigle}}.

The tradition included [[galop]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnemo.qc.ca/spip/spip.php%3Farticle5 |title=Grande Ronde (book) |author=Dorothy Hogan |date=2009-08-26 |publisher=mnemo.qc.ca |pages= |archiveurl= }}</ref>

Dancing had traditionally been monitored by the Catholic clergy of the province of Quebec, which often used its social and moral influence to ban dancing altogether in many villages and towns.<ref>[http://www.cvm.qc.ca/mlandry/folklore/histo-1.htm CVM.qc.ca]</ref>