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Historic Dance V: 1700-1750

Historic Dance 1700-1750
  
 
A4 book. 736 pages of research, discussion and analysis with dozens of illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations.To order, go to Shop.

4 page Preface and bibliography then the following 5 parts (omitting the subheadings for the Part 4 dance contents): 

Part 1 ~ Dance Context ~ 48 pages

~ France ~  4

~ Dance outdoors ~  4

~ Indoor dancing ~  10

~ The Opera balls ~  16

~ New dance venues ~  19

~ The dances of folk origin ~  20

~ Theatrical vers Social ~  21

~ The rise of the contredanse ~  22

~ England ~  26

~ The rustic dance ~  26

~ Public assemblies ~  26

~ The acceptance of the French noble style ~  28

~ Soame Jenys ~  29

~ Links with theatrical world ~  30

~ Scotland ~  32

~ Ireland ~  35

~ Germany and Austria ~  36

~ Saxony, Poland and Russia ~  43

~ America ~  45

 

Part 2 ~ Dance Forms ~ 32 pages

~ The Allemande ~  4

~ Cotillon / Contredanse français ~  6

~ The Country Dance ~  8

~ The 3 couple set ~  8

~ The Country Dance / Contredanse ~  9

~ The Courante ~  14

~ The Minuet ~  18

~ Other Courtly Dances ~  29

~ The Gavotte~  29

~ The Bourrée ~  29

~ The Pass(e)pied ~  31

~ The Saraband~  31

~ The Rigaudon ~  32

~ The Chaconne and Passacaglia ~  32

 

Part 3 ~ Dance Technicalities ~ 130 pages

~ Style ~  5

~ Timing and grace ~  5

~ Body mechanics ~  6

~ Body disposition ~  8

~ Walking ~  10

~ The lady’s disposition and movement ~  11

~ Arms ~  13

~ At a grand occasion ~  17

~ Kissing ~  18

~ Honours ~  20

~ Standing bow for the gentleman ~  20

~ Standing courtesy for the lady ~  23

~ Passing bow for the gentleman ~  24

~ Passsing courtsey for lady ~  26

~ Retiring bow for the gentleman~  27

~ Retiring courtesy for the lady~  29

~ Honours before dancing (the minuet) ~  29

~ Before dancing ~  30

~ The first honour—honour to presence ~  31

~ The second honour—honour to partner ~  32

~ Preparation to dance / minuet ~  33

~ The Hat ~  35

~ Holds and Positions ~  37

~ Foot positions ~  37

~ Arm holds ~  41

~ Formations  43

~ Couples dances ~  43

~ 2 couples squares ~  44

~ 4 couples squares ~  44

~ 4 couples longways ~  44

~ Dances for other set numbers ~  44

~ Longways for as many as will ~  45

~ Orientations ~  47

~ Across / Along ~  47

~ Active / Inactive Couple ~  47

~ Clockwise / Anti-clockwise ~  47

~ Tops / Bottoms, Heads / Sides,  ~  47

~ Partner / Contrary ~  47

~ Opposite / Corner / Neighbour ~  47

~ Figures ~  48

~ 3 in line ~  48

~ 4 in file or line ~  48

~ Arm ~  49

~ Back to back ~  49

~ Balance ~  49

~ Cast (off) ~  49

~ Chain / Bootlace~  50

~ Change (places)  ~  50

~ Chase ~  50

~ Circle ~  50

~ Clap ~  51

~ Contra corners ~  51

~ Cross ~  51

~ Down and back ~  51

~ Fall back and meet ~  52

~ Figure ~  52

~ Guesture and jumps~  52

~ Gypsy ~  52

~ Hands across ~  52

~ Hands round ~  53

~ Hey ~  53

~ Kiss ~  53

~ Lead ~  53

~ Meet ~  54

~ Poussette ~  54

~ Right and left ~  54

~ Set ~  54

~ Sides / Siding ~  54

~ Turn ~  55

~ Turn back to back ~  55

~ Turn single ~  55

~ Up and back ~  55

~ Steps ~  56

~ Assemblé ~  59

~ Balancé ~  61

~ Balloté ~  63

~ Balonné (Pas ) ~  64

~ Bourrée (Pas de) of 1 movement or Fleuret ~  64

~ Bourrée (pas de) with 2 movements ~  67

~ Bourrée with a bound / Bourée vite (pas de) ~  68

~ Changement de Jambe ~  69

~ Chassé ~  70

~ Contredance steps in general ~  72

~ Contredance steps in 3/2—the ‘Hornpipe’ ~  76

~ Contretemps de gavotte ~  78

~ Contretems à deux mouvemens / Contretems balonné ~  81

~ Contretemps de minuet ~  81

~ Coupé ~  84

~ Courante (Tems de) / Pas Grave ~  87

~ Demi-Contretemp ~  91

~ Demi-coupé ~  91

~ Demi-Jeté ~  94

~ Echappé (Pas) ~  94

~ Fleuret ~  95

~ ‘Gavotte tune’ stepping ~  95

~ Jeté ~  97

~ Jeté-Chassé ~  98

~ Menuet steps in general ~  98

~ Minuet step (0)—0 movement ~  107

~ Minuet step (1)—1 movement ~  108

~ Minuet step (2a)—2 movements, hemiolic ~  110

~ Minuet step (2b)—2 movement, non-hemiolic ~  122

~ Minuet step (2c and 2d)—2 movement, late 2nd movement ~  124

~ Minuet (3a & 3b)—3 movements without and with leap ~  132

~ Passacaille ~  136

~ Passepied ~  137

~ Pirouette ~  137

~ Rigadoon / Rigaudon ~  141

~ The rigadoon of two springs ~  146

~ Set ~  148

~ Sissone ~  148

~ Tems (Temps) de Cuisse ~  150

~ Tems (Temps) levé ~  150

~ Zephyr (Pas de) ~  150

 

Part 4 ~ Dances in Detail ~ 418 pages

~ Aimable Vainqueur / Louvre ~  4

~ Allemande (2) / L’Allemande ~  13

~ Always Drunk and Never Sober (1) ~  26

~ Auretti’s Dutch Skipper (1) ~  28

~ Barbarini’s Tambourine ~  30

~ The Baulk (1) ~  32

~ Bob in the Bed ~  34

~ La Bohaimiene ~  36

~ Bonny Grey-Ey’d Morn ~  43

~ La Bourgogne ~  45

~ La Bourrée d’Achille ~  60

~ The Busie Body ~  67

~ Butter’d Pease (1)~  70

~ La Chasse ~  77

~ Cheshire Rounds ~  82

~ Childgrove ~  85

~ The Collier’s Daughter ~  87

~ La Coquette ~  90

~ Le Cotillon des Fêtes de Thalie ~  93

~ Deil Take the Wars (2) ~  99

~ Draw Cupid Draw ~  102

~ Easter Thursday ~  104

~ Entrée pour un Berger et une Bergere ~  107

~ Fair and Softly ~  111

~ The Fair Quaker of Deal ~  113

~ Les Galeries d’Amour ~  116

~ La Gavotte du Roy à quatre ~  121

~ Granadiais ~  126

~ The Great Turk ~  130

~ Greensleeves and Yellow Lace~  133

~ Hamstead Heath ~  137

~ Hunt the Squirrel (1) ~  139

~ Hunt the Squirrel (2) ~  142

~ Indian Queen ~  145

~ Irish Lamentation ~  148

~ Lady Mary’s Courant ~  152

~ Love in a Bottle (2) ~  154

~ Love’s Triumph ~  159

~ Madame Robin / Mad Robin (2) ~  162

~ Les Mariniers ~  168

~ The Marlborough ~  171

~ La Matelote ~  173

~ Le Menuet à quatre (1) ~  177

~ Menuet à quatre (2) ~  180

~ Menuet de la Reine ~  185

~ The Merry Conclusions ~  188

~ Minuet (1) / Menuet à deux (1) ~  191

~ Moll Peatley, the New way ~  290

~ Mr Caverley’s Minuet ~  293

~ Mr Holt’s Minuet and Jig ~  303

~ Mr Priest’s Minuet ~  312

~ My Lady Winwood’s Maggot ~  321

~ My Lord Byron’s Maggot ~  323

~ L’ Nosse de Paysan ~  323

~ Le Nouveau Pistolet ~  328

~ Orleans Baffled ~  334

~ La Pantomime ~  336

~ Le Pistolet ~  339

~ Portsmouth ~  341

~ Princess Amelia / Holborn March ~  343

~ Prince William ~  343

~ The Punch bowl ~  350

~ The Pursuit ~  352

~ The Queen’s Jigg ~  354

~ Red House (2) ~  364

~ Rigadoon (2) / Rigaudon d’Angleterre ~  366

~ Sir Roger de Coverley (1) / Roger de Coverly ~  371

~ Softly Good Tummas ~  375

~ Le Soleildieu ~  377

~ St Margaret’s Hill ~  384

~ Strawberries and Cream (2) ~  383

~ The Toast ~  388

~ A Trip to Paris ~  393

~ La Vieille Bourrée ~  396

~ Vienna (3) ~  399

~ We’ll Wed and We’ll Bed ~  403

~ Wou’d you have a young Virgin (1)/(2) ~  407

~ Yellow Stockings ~  411

~ Young Sir John / Happy Bride ~  414

~ Zephirs and Flora ~  417

 

Part 5 ~ Dancing Masters ~ 80 pages

~ The Vocation ~  3

~ The apprenticeship ~  7

~ Connection with fencing ~  9

~ The social regard ~  9

~ The class repertoire ~  15

~ Notation ~  16

~ Publications ~  49

~ Technical publications ~  49

~ Annual publications in France ~  50

~ Annual publications in England ~  51

~ Teaching technique ~  53

~ Lives and Works ~  54

~ Alexander ~  54

~ Anonymous ~  54

~ Behr ~  54

~ Bickham ~  55

~ Bonin ~  55

~ Bonnefond ~  56

~ Bonnet ~  56

~ Burette ~  57

~ Descan ~  57

~ Dezais ~  57

~ Dubreil ~  58

~ Dufort ~  58

~ Essex ~  58

~ Ferriol ~  59

~ Feuillet ~  59

~ I.H.P. ~  63

~ Isaac ~  64

~ Jayme ~  65

~ Jenyns ~  66

~ Kynaston ~  66

~ L’Abbée ~  67

~ Lambranzi ~  67

~ La Vigne ~  67

~ Minguet e Irol ~  68

~ Neal ~  69

~ Nivelon ~  69

~ Pasch ~  70

~ Pemberton ~  70

~ Playford ~  71

~ Rameau ~  72

~ Siris ~  72

~ Taubert ~  73

~ Tomlinson ~  73

~ Walsh ~  75

~ Weaver ~  76

~ Young ~  78