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Historic Dance I: 1450-1550

 

 
A4 book by John Gardiner-Garden. 670 pages of research, discussion and analysis with dozens of illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations.To order, go to Shop.

Preface, Introduction and bibliography then the following 5 parts:

I.1 ~ Dance Context ~ 82 pages

~ The path to the ballroom ~  3

~ Earliest Times ~  3

~ Ancient Times ~  3

~ The Dark Ages ~  8 

~ Early Medieval Times ~  10

~ 13th century ~  12

~ 14th century ~  13

~ The early 15th century ~  27

~ 1450 onwards ~  34

~ Italy ~  35

~ Dancing everywhere ~  35

~ Dancing at grand occasions ~  37

~ The dances ~  45

~ Castiglione and the courtier ~  47

~ Messisbugo and the French Influence ~  48

~ The justification of dance ~  49

 ~ Germany and its neigbhours ~  53

 ~ France ~  60

~ The earliest recorded dancing ~  60

~ Basse danse entertainments and Arena’s rules ~  64

~ Courtly entertainments ~  70

 ~ England ~  72

~ The Lincoln’s Inn Moot Book ~  72

~ The Salisbury ~  72

~ The Gresley manuscript ~  72

~ Robert Coplande and the French Influence ~  74

~ Elyot’s defence of dance ~  76

~ Tudor entertainments ~  78

 ~ Scotland~  80

 

I.2 ~ Dance Forms ~ 58 pages

 

~ Early 15th century dance forms ~  3

~ The Carol ~  3

~ The Farandole ~  5

~ The Moresca ~  6

~ The Rigoletto ~  7

~ The Trotto ~  7

~ Roegarze, Gorreria and Antigailla ~  8

~ The French bassedance ~  10

~ Origin ~  10

~ The Nancy Manuscript ~  11

~ Burgundian theory ~  14

~ The Bassadance in practise ~  18

~ The Bassedance alive ~  22

~ Other French dances ~  26

~ The Tordion ~  26

~ The Pavan and Galliard ~  27

~ The Branle ~  29

~ Italian dance forms ~  31

~ Bassadanza ~  35

~ Quadernaria ~  39

~ Saltarello ~  41

~ Piva ~  44

~ Ballo ~  46

~ The German dance / Allemande ~  49

I.3 ~ Dance Technicalities ~ 56 pages

~ Style ~  4

~ Domenico’s theory ~  4

~ Memory/memoria ~  6

~ Measure/misura ~  8

~ Maniera / manner ~  9

~ Aere / Air ~  11

~ Diversità di cose / Variety ~  13

~ Partire di terreno / Partitioning the Ground ~  13

~ Movimento corporeo / Body Movement ~  14

~ The inter-relations between the above elements ~  16

~ Women’s style ~  17

~ Etiquette ~  20

~ Honours ~  25

~ Riverenza / Riverentia / Reverence / Reverentia ~  25

~ Meza Riverenza ~  25

~ Riverenza in terra ~  25

~ Hat ~  26

~ Kissing ~  26

~ Holds, Formations and Orientations ~  27

~ Imperatives influencing holds, formations and orientations ~  27

~ Hand holds ~  29

~ Use of the arms ~  33

~ Figures ~  35

~ Promenading to gypsying to single hand turns to two hand turns ~  35

~ Going from side-by-side to man being above and woman below ~  36

~ Following the feigning with the full ~  36

~ Snaking and Weaving ~  36

~ Men then women teasing, departing, circling and chasing ~  37

~ 1st then 2nd then 3rd do figures ~  37

~ Taking turn leading the dance ~  38

~ Jousting-like passing through ~  38

~ Steps ~  39

~ Branle / Brawle / Congé ~  41

~ Breban (Pas de) / Brabant (passo)~  43

~ Cambia ~  44

~ Congé ~  44

~ Continenza ~  44

~ Contrapasso ~  44

~ Desmarche / Riprese ~  45

~ Doppio / Double / Doblis~  47

~ Escambiamento / Cambiamento ~  48

~ Flowrdelice ~  48

~ Frappamento ~  49

~ Galoppo ~  49

~ Meza Ripresa ~  50

~ Mezavolta ~  50

~ Movimento / Scosso / Meve ~  50

~ Passo ~  51

~ Piva ~  51

~ Rak(e) ~  51

~ Reprise ~  51

~ Retrett ~  51

~ Ripresa ~  51

~ Salto / Saut~  52

~ Saltarello ~  52

~ Scosso~  53

~ Sempio ~  53

~ Simple ~  53

~ Single ~  54

~ Stop(e) ~  54

~ Trace ~  54

~ Trett ~  55

~ Volta ~  55

I.4 ~ Dances in Detail ~ 418 pages

~ Alenchon ~  4

~ Alesandresca ~  6

~ Amaroso (for 2) ~  19

~ Amaroso (for 3) ~  26

~ Anello ~  29

~ Barcelona ~  42

~ La Bassa de Castille/Spayñ ~  44

~ Belfiore ~  63

~ Belriguardo (for two) ~  76

~ Belriguardo Nuovo (for three) ~  87

~ Chastelana ~  100

~ Chirintana ~  106

~ Colonnese ~  114

~ Corona ~  127

~ La Danse de Cleves ~  134

~ Eglamowr ~  138

~ Esperans ~  141

~ L’Esperence de Bourbon ~  144

~ La Franchoise nouvelle ~  147

~ Gelosia ~  149

~ Gioioso for three ~  163

~ Grazioso ~  172

~ Jupiter ~  188

~ Lauro ~  212

~ Legiadra ~  217

~ Libeaus Desconus ~  233

~ Lioncello Nuovo (for three) ~  236

~ Lioncello vechio (for two) ~  251

~ Mercantia ~  262

~ Petit Rinense ~  279

~ Le Petit Rouen ~  282

~ Pizochara ~  284

~ Prenes a gard ~  292

~ Prenes on gre ~  295

~ Prigionera ~  300

~ Reale ~  315

~ Rostiboli Gioioso ~  324

~ Sobria ~  339

~ Spero ~  351

~ La Tantaine ~  364

~ Tesara ~  367

~ Venus ~  378

~ Verçepe ~  388

~ Villanella (1) ~  399

~ La Vita di Cholino ~  404

~ Voltati in ça Rosina / Rossina ~  412

I.5 ~ Dancing Masters ~ 28 pages

~ The Vocation ~  3

~ The different sorts of dancing masters ~  3

~ The practical importance of the teacher ~  6

~ Teaching ~  9

~ Dance standards ~  9

~ Teaching exercises ~  10

~ Matching movement to music ~  13

~ Notation ~  16

~ Lives and Works ~  18

~ Anonymous ~  18

~ Altieri ~  19

~ Arena ~  20

~ Castiglione ~  20

~ Cochläus ~  21

~ Coplande ~  21

~ Cornazano ~  22

~ Domenico ~  23

~ Guglielmo ~  24

~ ‘Il Papa’ ~  26

~ Moderne ~  27

~ Pedro de Gracia Dei ~  27

~ Toulouze ~  27