Ball (dance)

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Aristocrats gathering around Emperor Franz Joseph at a ball in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, painting by Wilhelm Gause (1900).

A ball is a formal dance. The word 'ball' derives from the Latin 'ballare' meaning 'to dance'.

Attendees wear evening attire, which is specified on the invitation as black tie or white tie (the most formal). Social dance forms a large part of the evening; actual ballroom dancing may or may not occur.

[edit] Types of ball

• Cotillion
• Masquerade ball
• May Ball
• Commemoration Ball

[edit] See also

• Ball gown
• Ballroom
• Cinderella
• Vienna Opera Ball
• Dance card
• Costume Balls in Australia

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