35.—THE LABYRINTH.
In this figure all form a general round, going to the left. At a given signal the conductor releases the hand of his lady, who is on his left, and while continuing to turn in the same direction, enters the circle, making a colimaçon, while his lady turns to the right to wind about the other circles, that go on narrowing. A circular space should be contrived to be able to extend themselves in waltzing. In this position the conducting couple set out waltzing, and follow the passes of the labyrinth formed by the general chain rolling on itself till they have arrived at the last couple, to which the first lady gives her hand to renew the circle. As each new couple arrives it places itself behind the one previous. When all have arrived they conclude by a general waltz or mazourka. When this figure is executed in polka, you dance through the passes of the labyrinth with the waltz à deux pas, which requires less space; when the figure is executed in mazourka, you have recourse to the mazourka waltz. The Labyrinth is one of the final figures of the cotillion.