Dancing through the Ages 1550-1600-a

Each of the ten 'Volumes' in  Dr John Gardiner-Garden's 2018 Dancing through the Ages series consists of three books. Each book is A4 size (i.e. 29x21 centimetres or 8.2x11.6 inches) and contains between 240 and 440 pages (most around 340). Each collection of three books contain (on average) 1,000 pages of research, discussion, analysis, illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations. The first book (Part 1a-d) looks at dancing in general (the social, political and geographic contexts in which dance and the institution of the ball was evolving; the nature and evolution of the period’s main forms of dance; dance elements such as style, etiquette, honours, holds, formations, figures and steps; developments in dance teaching, notation and publication, and period-relevant primary sources (including little known ones). The second and third books (Part 2a and Part 2b respectively) offer sources and music for, and reconstructions and analysis of dozens of dances from the relevant period, presented in alphabetic order.

Below are the covers and contents of the three books that constitute Volume II in the series. The numbers represent the page on which the section or subsection start. The total number of pages in the book is usually a few pages more than the last page number mentioned.

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Part 1: Dance in general   (Book 5)

PART 1a:    DANCE CONTEXT ~ 7

Italy ~ 9

Literary references ~ 9

Sources on theatrical dance ~ 10

Domestic dance ~ 10

Dance publications ~ 12

Spain ~ 13

France ~ 16

Dance and ballet under Catherine de Medici ~ 16

Dance and ballet under Charles IX ~ 18

Courtly entertainments under Henry III and IV ~ 21

Provincial dance and Arbeau ~ 24

England ~ 28

Courtly expectation ~ 28

Continental connections ~ 29

The Inns of Court ~ 33

John Davies ~ 34

Dance on stage ~ 39

Beyond court and stage ~ 43

Dance and the puritans ~ 44

Scotland and Wales ~ 47

Scotland ~ 47

Wales ~ 48

Germany and Holland ~ 52

Germany ~ 52

Holland ~ 56

Central Europe ~ 58

PART 1b:    DANCE FORMS ~ 61

Almain / Measure ~ 63

The folk form ~ 63

In French and English texts ~ 67

Relationship with the later ‘Allemande’ ~ 71

Ballo / Balleto ~ 72

Basse dance ~ 74

Surviving as a dance in own right ~ 74

Surviving in the pavan ~ 74

Surviving in the basse and alta combination ~ 75

Branles ~ 76

Origin ~ 76

In Arbeau ~ 77

The mechanism ~ 78

In other sources and milieu ~ 79

Canary / Canario ~ 81

Origins ~ 81

In Spain ~ 82

In Italy ~ 82

In France ~ 83

In England ~ 84

Cascarda / Saltarello ~ 85

Country Dance ~ 87

Courante ~ 91

The Egg dance ~ 92

Galliard / Tordion ~ 97

The craze ~ 97

As a pavan afterdance ~ 98

Galliards in balli ~ 100

The Galliard according to Lutio Compasso ~ 105

The Galliard according to Evangelista Papazzone ~ 106

Depictions ~ 110

Gavotte ~ 114

Pavan ~ 115

The pavan in France, England and Italy ~ 115

The pavan in illustrations ~ 117

The Spanish Pavan ~ 119

Passo e mezzo ~ 122

Informal late-evening relay-mixers, circles and long dances ~ 124

Propensities ~ 124

Mechanism and figure ideas ~ 125

Table of propensities and ideas in informal late-evening dances ~ 127

Further observations on the relay mixer ~ 128

Sword dances ~ 131

Torneo ~ 134

Volta ~ 135

PART 1c:    DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 141

Style ~ 142

Gratia, agiltà and timing ~ 142

‘Peacocking’ ~ 143

Distinguishing gender presentations ~ 144

Arms and shoulders ~ 145

Variety ~ 145

Etiquette ~ 146

The man’s cloak, sword and hat ~ 147

The lady’s train ~ 149

Kissing ~ 150

Honours ~ 151

Riverenza grave / Reverence ~ 151

Briefer honours ~ 154

Holds and Positions ~ 157

Pieds joints ~ 157

Pieds largi ~ 158

Posture ~ 159

Hands ~ 160

Al filo ~ 163

Figures ~ 164

Promenading to gypsying to single hand turns to two hand turns ~ 164

Going from side-by-side to man being above and woman below ~ 164

Following the feigning with the full ~ 164

Snaking, weaving, moving in a braid ~ 165

Men then women teasing, departing, circling and chasing ~ 165

1st then 2nd then 3rd do figure ~ 166

Taking turn leading the dance ~ 166

Jousting-like passing through ~ 166

The ‘reverse S’ ~ 166

The regarding of the woman ~ 167

Fall back with two steps then meet with a double ~ 167

Steps ~ 168

In general ~ 168

Balzetto ~ 171

Battuto ~ 171

Branle ~ 172

Cadenza / Cadence ~ 173

Cambio ~ 174

Campanella ~ 174

Caprioles ~ 175

Congé ~ 177

Continenze ~ 177

Coup de pied / Grève ~ 179

Costatetto ~ 179

Courante, pas de la ~ 180

Doppio / Double ~ 181

Entretaille ~ 182

Finto / Finta ~ 182

Fioretto ~ 184

Gagliarda / Galliard / Galliarde ~ 186

Grève ~ 186

Groppo ~ 186

Marque pied / marque talon ~ 187

Molinello ~ 189

Passi gravi / presti / larghi ~ 189

Petit saut ~ 190

Pied croisé ~ 191

Pied en l’air ~ 192

Pirlotto ~ 193

Punta e Calcagno ~ 193

Puntata ~ 193

Recacciata ~ 194

Ripresa ~ 195

Reprise ~ 196

Ritirata ~ 197

Ruade ~ 197

Ru de vache ~ 197

Salto ~ 198

Saute majeur / grand saut ~ 199

Scambiata ~ 200

Schisciato ~ 201

Scorsi ~ 201

Seguito doppio ~ 202

Seguito ordinario ~ 202

Seguito semidoppio ~ 203

Seguito spezzato ~ 204

Seguito spezzato schisciato ~ 204

Simple ~ 205

Sottopiede ~ 205

Spezzato ~ 206

Trabuchetto ~ 207

Trango / Trangato ~ 208

Trito minuto ~ 209

Tremolanti ~ 210

Zoppetto ~ 210

PART 1d:    DANCE TEACHING ~ 212

Publications ~ 214

Calling ~ 216

The Importance of Instruction ~ 217

Anonymous works ~ 218

The Chigi manuscript ~ 218

Inns of Court manuscripts ~ 218

Instruction pour dancer manuscript ~ 219

Reglas de danzar ~ 219

Authors and their works ~ 221

Arbeau ~ 221

Caroso ~ 222

Compasso ~ 223

Corso ~ 224

Davies ~ 224

Lutii ~ 224

Papazzone ~ 225

Tahureau ~ 225

Part 2a: Dances in detail A-E   (Book 6)

Alba Novella ~ 6

Allegrezza d’Amore ~ 13

Allemande (1) ~ 26

Alta Regina ~ 31

Alta Vittoria ~ 40

Ballo del Fiore (1) ~ 55

Ballo del Fiore (2) / Branle du Chandelier (2) ~ 59

Barriera ~ 72

Barriera nuova ~ 93

Bassa Toscana ~ 106

Bella Gioiosa ~ 112

Bellezze d’Olimpia ~ 118

Black Almain ~ 124

Les Bouffons ~ 128

Branle de Bretaigne / Triory de Bretagne ~ 145

Branle d’Ecosse ~ 152

Branle de la Haye ~ 155

Branle de la Montarde ~ 159

Branle de Malte ~ 163

Branle de Poitou (1) ~ 168

Branle des Chevaux (1) & (2) ~ 171

Branle du Chandelier (1) ~ 175

Branle du Haut Barrois ~ 179

Branle l’Officiel ~ 182

Branles—Cassandre, Pinagay ~ 185

Branles—Charlotte, de la Guerre, Aridan ~ 188

Branles—mimed suite ~ 195

Branles—opening suite (1) ~ 204

La Caccia d’Amore (1) ~ 210

Canario (1) ~ 213

La Castellana ~ 223

Chiaranzana ~ 227

Chiaranzana / Catena / Caccia medley ~ 236

Chiara Stella ~ 238

Contentezza d’Amore ~ 242

Il Conto dell’Orco ~ 249

Contrapasso (1) ~ 254

Contrapasso (2) ~ 259

Coranto d’Espagne ~ 271

La Courante (1) / The Old Courante / La Boèsme ~ 277

La Courante (2), the new / La Corrente ~ 288

Dolce Amoroso Foco ~ 293

Part 2b: Dances in detail F-Z   (Book 7)

Fedeltà ~ 6

Fiamma d’amore ~ 9

Florido Giglio ~ 13

Fulgente Stella ~ 19

Furioso (1) & (2) ~ 23

Galliard (1) – basic sequences ~ 38

Galliard (2) – fancier sequences ~ 59

Gavotte (1) ~ 79

Gloria d’Amore ~ 83

Gracca Amorosa ~ 87

Leggiadria d’Amore ~ 92

The Longe Pavian ~ 97

Lorayne Allemayne ~ 99

Lucretia ~ 101

Madam Cecilia Almain ~ 110

Maraviglia d’Amore ~ 115

The Old Measures ~ 120

Passo e mezo ~ 136

The Pavan ~ 157

Pavaniglia / Spanish Pavan (1) ~ 164

Pavan Matthei ~ 193

Piantone ~ 201

Pungente Dardo (1) ~ 214

Spagnoletta (1) ~ 219

Spagnoletta Nuova ~ 225

Squilina ~ 229

Torneo Amoroso (1) ~ 237

Villanella (2) ~ 245

La Volta ~ 249