Part 1 ~ Dance Context ~ 34 pages

~ England ~  5

~ Dance under the republic ~  5

~ Dances with links to the Stuart Masque ~  6

~ Dances with links to mid-17th century plays ~  6

~ Dances with links to aristrocats ~  8

~ The Inns of Court ~  9

~ The Restoration and the new French Influence ~  9

~ Dances with links to late-17th century plays ~  15

~ France ~  17

~ A new style ~  17

~ The Masquerade ~  19

~ The courtly ball ~  20

~ The Importation of the English Country Dance ~  26

~ Elsewhere ~  29

~ Germany ~  29

~ Holland ~  30

~ Scotland ~  33

~ America ~  34

~ Spain ~  34

 

Part 2 ~ Dance Forms ~ 16 pages

~ The Country dance ~  3

~ Before 1675 ~  3

~ After 1675 and the mechanism of the contredanse ~  4

~ The Minuet~  9

~ Origin ~  9

~ The spread of the Minuet ~  12

~ Other courtly dances ~  13

~ The Bourrée ~  13

~ The Courante ~  13

~ The Gavotte ~  14

~ The Sarabande ~  14

 

Part 3 ~ Dance Technicalities ~ 60 pages

~ Style ~  4

~ Etiquette ~  6

~ Kissing ~  8

~ The Bow ~  8

~ The honours that open and close a dance ~  9

~ Formations ~  19

~ Couple facing couple ~  19

~ 3 facing 3~  19

~ Rounds ~  19

~ Squares ~  19

~ Couples on the periphery of dance space  ~  20

~ 3 couple longways ~  20

~ 4 couple longways ~  20

~ Longways for as many as will ~  20

~ Other formations ~  22

~ Orientations ~  23

~ Across / Along ~  23

~ Active / Inactive Couple ~  23

~ Clockwise / Anti-clockwise ~  23

~ Tops / Bottoms, Heads / Sides,  ~  23

~ Partner / Contrary ~  23

~ Opposite / Corner / Neighbour ~  23

~ Figures ~  24

~ Tendencies and propensities ~  24

~ Arches~  26

~ Arming ~  26

~ Back-to-back ~  26

~ Back Ring ~  27

~ Cast (off) ~  27

~ Chain / Bootlace ~  27

~ Change (places) ~  28

~ Circle ~  29

~ Clapping ~  29

~ Cross ~  29

~ Fall back / Back~  30

~ Figure ~  30

~ Gesture ~  31

~ Go below ~  31

~ Go about […] not turning your faces ~  31

~ Go round about ~  32

~ Gypsy ~  32

~ Hands across ~  32

~ Hands round ~  33

~ Hey ~  33

~ Kiss ~  35

~ Lead ~  36

~ Lead down [...] a double ~  36

~ Lead up a double ~  36

~ Meet ~  37

~ Open and close ~  37

~ Poussette ~  38

~ Right and left ~  38

~ Set ~  38

~ Sides / Siding ~  39

~ Slip down ~  40

~ Turn ~  40

~ Turn back to back ~  40

~ Turn off ~  41

~ Turn single ~  42

~ Up a double ~  42

~ Weave ~  42

~ Steps ~  43

~ Assemblé ~  46

~ Balancé ~  46

~ Bazio / Vacío~  46

~ Bourrée à deux mouvements (pas de)  ~  47

~ Cabriole / Cabriola ~  47

~ Campanella ~  49

~ Cargado ~  50

~ Carrerilla ~  51

~ Chassé ~  52

~ Coupé ~  52

~ Cruzado ~  52

~ Degagé ~  52

~ Double ~  53

~ Encaje ~  53

~ Fleuret / Floreo / Floreta~  54

~ Jetté ~  55

~ Llamada ~  55

~ Menuet (pas de) ~  55

~ Open and close ~  56

~ Paso ~  56

~ Quatropeado ~  56

~ Rompido ~  57

~ Sacudido ~  58

~ Saute / Sauté ~  58

~ Simple / Single ~  59

~ Sissone (pas de) ~  59

~ Slip ~  59

~ Tourné (Pas) ~  59

 

 

Part 4 ~ Dances in Detail ~ 466 pages

~ Adson’s Saraband ~ 6

~ All in the Garden Green ~ 10

~ Anna Maria ~ 13

~ Argeers ~ 16

~ The Bath ~ 20

~ Black Bess ~ 23

~ Black Nag~ 26

~ Bobbing Joe (2) ~ 28

~ Braye’s Magott ~ 32

~ Broome ~ 35

~ Cherily and Merrily ~ 38

~ Chestnut ~ 41

~ Christchurch Bells (1) ~ 45

~ Christchurch Bells (2) ~ 51

~ Cobbler’s Jig ~ 66

~ Cold and Raw ~ 70

~ Confesse ~ 72

~ Contredance nouvelle figurée à huit ~ 76

~ Cuckolds all a row (2) ~ 92

~ Cupid’s Garden ~ 96

~ The Cushion Dance (1) ~ 101

~ Daphne ~ 105

~ Dargason ~ 110

~ Deil Take the Wars (1) ~ 115

~ The Duke of Gloucester’s March ~ 117

~ Easter Tuesday ~ 121

~ Epping Forrest ~ 123

~ Excusez Moy ~ 125

~ Fain I would ~ 134

~ The Fine Companion ~ 137

~ Gathering Peascods ~ 140

~ The Geud Man of Ballangigh ~ 143

~ The Glory of the West ~ 145

~ Graies Inne Maske (2) ~ 150

~ Greenwood (2) ~ 154

~ Grimstock ~ 158

~ Half Hannykin ~ 160

~ Have at thy coat old woman ~ 162

~ Hearts-Ease (2)~ 165

~ Hide Parke ~ 169

~ Hobb’s Wedding ~ 172

~ Hockley in the Hole ~ 175

~ The Hole in the Wall ~ 179

~ If all the World were Paper ~ 181

~ The Irish Trot ~ 184

~ Jack a Lent ~ 189

~ Jack’s Maggot ~ 192

~ Jacob Hall’s Jig ~ 194

~ Jamaica / La Bonne Amitié ~ 197

~ Jenny Plucked Pears ~ 201

~ Joan’s Placket / Jeanne qui saute ~ 204

~ The Juice of Barley ~ 208

~ Kelsterne Gardens ~ 210

~ Kemp’s Jig ~ 212

~ The Kettle Drum ~ 217

~ King of Poland ~ 221

~ Lilli Bulero ~ 223

~ Lord of Carnavan’s Jig ~ 228

~ Love and a Bottle (1) ~ 231

~ The Lover’s Luck ~ 235

~ Lulle me beyond thee ~ 238

~ Mad Robin (1) ~ 241

~ Mage on a Cree ~ 244

~ Maiden Lane ~ 247

~ Maid in the Moon ~ 251

~ The Milking Payle / Merry Merry Milkmaids (2) ~ 254

~ Millisons Jegge ~ 257

~ Mr Beveridge’s Maggot ~ 260

~ Mr Eaglesfield’s New Hornpipe ~ 262

~ Mr Isaac’s Maggot ~ 264

~ Mr Lane’s Magot ~ 272

~ Mr Lane’s Minuet ~ 278

~ Mr Lane’s Trumpet Minuet (1) ~ 283

~ My Lady Cullen’s ~ 288

~ New Boe Peep ~ 291

~ Newcastle ~ 294

~ The New Exchange ~ 300

~ The Nightpiece ~ 303

~ Nobody’s Jig ~ 308

~ Nonesuch / A la Mode de France ~ 310

~ Pabana / Spanish Pavan (2) ~ 316

~ Parson’s Farewell ~ 328

~ Parson upon Dorothy (1) ~ 332

~ Parson upon Dorothy (2) ~ 335

~ Paul’s Steeple ~ 338

~ Peppers Black ~ 344

~ Punk’s Delight ~ 348

~ Put on thy Smock on a Monday ~ 352

~ Red House (1) ~ 354

~ Rigadoon (1) ~ 358

~ Row Well ye Mariners ~ 361

~ Rufty Tufty ~ 366

~ Sage Leaf ~ 369

~ Saint Martin ~ 372

~ Saraband ~ 377

~ Scotch Cap ~ 381

~ The Scotch Measure ~ 385

~ Sellingers Round ~ 388

~ Shepheards Holyday ~ 393

~ The Slip ~ 397

~ Spanish Jig ~ 400

~ Spanish Gypsie / The Gypsies (2) ~ 402

~ The Spring ~ 406

~ Staines Morris ~ 408

~ Step Stately ~ 412

~ The Stingo, or the Oyl of Barley ~ 416

~ Strawberries and Cream (1) ~ 420

~ Sweet Kate ~ 423

~ Tythe Pig ~ 425

~ Under and Over ~ 428

~ Upon a Summers Day ~ 431

~ Valentine’s Day ~ 434

~ Vienna (1) ~ 443

~ Vienna (2) ~ 445

~ Well Hall ~ 449

~ The Whirligig~ 451

~ Whitehall ~ 455

~ Windsor Castle ~ 460

~ Woodicock ~ 465

Part 5 ~ Dancing Masters ~ 42 pages

~ Dance as a study ~  3

~ The Vocation ~  5

~ Wycherley’s play ~  10

~ Publications ~  22

~ John Playford’s 1651 English Dancing Master ~  22

~ Subsequent Dancing Master editions ~  25

~ Other English dance manuals and publications ~  25

~ Notation ~  27

~ Playford’s system ~  27

~ The search for a new system ~  28

~ Lorin’s system(s) ~  28

~ Favier’s system ~  32

~ De la Haise’s system ~  34

~ Beauchamp’s system ~  34

~ Lives and Works ~  36

~ Anonymous and Various ~  36

~ Beauchamp~  37

~ Bray ~  37

~ Lorin ~  37

~ Menestrier ~  38

~ Pasch ~  38

~ Playford ~  39

~ Selden ~  42

~ Wycherley ~  42