Focuses on historical dance in England, highlighting an impression by Mme de Scudery of the ballroom erected for the Feste de Versailles on 18 July 1668. Information on the de Scudery's impression; Reliving of the ball through Jean Le Pautre's engraving of 1679; Reference to Daniel Marot's engraving of a ball for William of Orange in 1668; Description of Le Pautre's engraving.