it is generally a dance for many couples in procession, with the dancers sometimes throwing in ornamentation (divisions) of the steps . The Dictionnaire de Trevoux describes the dance as being a "grave kind of dance, borrowed from the Spaniards, wherein the performers make a kind of wheel or tail before each other, like that of a peacock, whence the name." It was usually used by regents to open grand ceremonies and to display their royal attire . Before dancing, the performers saluted the King and Queen whilst circling the room. The steps were called advancing and retreating. Retreating gentlemen would lead their ladies by the hand and, after curtsies and steps, the gentlemen would regain their places. Next, a lone gentleman advanced and went en se pavanant (strutting like a peacock) to salute the lady opposite him. After taking backward steps, he would return to his place, bowing to his lady . Modern use The step used in the pavane survives to the modern day in the hesitation step sometimes used at weddings. More recent works titled "pavane" often have a deliberately archaic mood. Examples include: Pavane (1887) by Gabriel Fauré, a modern version of the Renaissance genre. Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) by Maurice Ravel. The third part of the Piano Suite No. 2 Op. 10, by George Enescu (1903) The "Pavane of the Sons of the Morning" that closes scene 7 of Job: A Masque for Dancing, a ballet composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1930 and first staged in 1931. "Pavane, the Girl with the Flaxen Hair", a dramatic script written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, inspired in part by Debussy's composition, for the old-time radio series Quiet, Please (1947). The Moor's Pavane (1949), a ballet choreographed by José Limón. The science fiction novel Pavane (1968) by British author Keith Roberts, about an alternative history in which Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated and the Armada wins in the year 1588, using the musical term as a metaphor for the book's setting. The song "Pavan" (1970) from the progressive folk album Evensong by Amazing Blondel. The first part of Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'oye suite (1910), entitled "Pavane for the Sleeping Beauty", covered (as "Pavanne") by Joe Walsh on his album So What (1974). The fourth movement of the suite "The Fall of the House of Usher" from the progressive rock album Tales of Mystery and