Ball (dance)

A ball is a formal dance occasion. By formal is meant: people were invited, wore their best clothes ('evening attire'), and the ball was held in a splendid ballroom. In former times everyone danced, but only the wealthy went to balls. Girls had dance cards: men had to sign up to dance with them. Older people sat around the sides and watched the younger people dance. It was a society occasion.

Galleria
  • A ball at Apsley House. Shows King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra dancing a quadrille, 1908.
  • Ball at Eglington Castle 1839
  • Almack's Assembly Rooms, London, about 1820.
  • Mardi Gras Ball, 1930s
  • Wedding ball of the Duc de Joyeause, 1581. Attributed to Herman van der Mast.
  • Sheet music cover
  • Bal de Tarda by Ramon Casas i Carbó, 1896
  • by William Hogarth, 1745
  • Palacio San Martín, Buenos Aires
  • Ballroom of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto
  • Ballroom of the Canals family mansion, Tarragona
  • The ballroom of the Catherine Palace, near St Petersburg
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