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Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances.
The dances in these manuals are extremely varied in nature. They range from slow, stately dances (bassadance, pavane, almain) to fast, lively dances (galliard, coranto, canario). The former, in which the dancers' feet did not leave the ground were styled the dance basse while energetic dances with leaps and lifts were called the haute dance.[1] Some were choreographed, others were improvised on the spot.
One dance for couples, a form of the galliard called lavolta, involved a rather intimate hold between the man and woman, with the woman being lifted into the air while the couple made a 3/4 turn. Other dances, such as branles or bransles, were danced by many people in a circle or line.
References
- ^ Liza Picard (2005), Elizabeth's London, Macmillan, pp. 215, ISBN 9780312325664, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WjXnoYihuu0C
External links
- The Renaissance Dance Homepage
- Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) Renaissance Dance Homepage
- Renaissance dance category at the Open Directory Project
- Renaissance Dance Events listed at the Calendar of Early-Dance
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