Nineteenth century dances?

Question

Were there any dances used at balls and such, during the nineteenth century, that involved changing partners?

Answer 1

There are a couple of them here:
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/3501/19th1.htm

Answer 2

Changing Partners? Do you mean dancing with your partner and someone else's partner, such as your Contrary? Or dances with a Progression up and down the line? Oh yes! Quite Many!

But why limit your request to only the 19th Century?

May I interest you in some 15th or 16th Century Italian Danse? "Gelosia" comes to mind...

By definition, all of the dances of the time of the English Regency, were in the 19th Century.

The English Regency was 1802-1820.

Regency dancing is one of my favorites, but I haven't been associated with a regency dance group in many years.

In the line of historical dance development, I do English Country Dance 1651-1790 (so that's not 19th century) which gave way to American Colonial Dance some of which is 19th Century, Jane Austin Era Dance (some of which is 19th Century), and Contra Dance. This family leads to modern Square Dance, which is 20th century.

Just a historical Danse Enthusiast at heart

-EN-

Answer 3

Many of them, actually. I'll name what I know.

Mazurka
Russian Quadrille

You can look them up on wikipedia.org to find out more about them.