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 I 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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N.B. I recommend that in addition to books pertaining to the period you first think of, you also order books from the adjacent period collections and Book 1: 'Orientation and Overview'. Indeed, because of the interconnectivity of dance over the 500 years covered by this series (and the cross-referencing between books in the series), I highly recommend the full set!
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 PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 7 Setting the scene ~ 8 Dance and diplomacy ~ 9 Depictions of dance ~ 10 Italy ~ 16 Dancing outdoors ~ 16 Dancing in villas and private chambers ~ 17 Dancing at grand occasions in the mid-15th century ~ 18 Dancing at grand occasions in the late-15th century ~ 24 Social dance as depicted in art ~ 25 The dances ~ 26 Castiglione and the courtier ~ 27 Messisbugo and the French influence ~ 28 The justification of dance ~ 29 Germany and its neighbours ~ 33 France ~ 46 The earliest recorded dancing ~ 46 Bassedanse parties and Arena’s rules ~ 49 Courtly entertainments ~ 55 England ~ 57 The Lincoln’s Inn Moot Book ~ 57 The Salisbury ~ 58 The Gresley manuscript ~ 57 Robert Coplande and French influence ~ 61 Elyot’s defence of dance ~ 63 Tudor entertainments ~ 64 Scotland ~ 68 PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 72 The enigmatic Carol ~ 74 Its name ~ 74 Its origin ~ 74 Its participants ~ 75 Its formation ~ 77 Its choreography ~ 78 Its music and accompaniment ~ 79 Its demise and heirs ~ 79 The enigmatic German dance ~ 83 Sequences ~ 86 Other enigmatic dance forms ~ 92 The Bal ~ 92 The Moresca ~ 92 The follow-the-leader dance ~ 93 Other dances ~ 95 The French basse dance ~ 98 Origin ~ 98 The Nancy manuscript ~ 99 Burgundian basse dance sources ~ 102 Burgundian basse dance theory ~ 103 The Basse dance in practice ~ 107 The return (demi, moitié) ~ 111 The after-dance (alta, gioioso) ~ 112 The Basse dance in illustrations ~ 113 The Basse dance in the early 16th century ~ 116 Other French dances ~ 119 The Tordion ~ 119 The Pavan and Galliard ~ 119 The Branle ~ 125 Italian dance forms ~ 127 Dance taxonomy ~ 127 Bassadanza ~ 131 Quadernaria ~ 135 Saltarello ~ 138 Piva ~ 140 Ballo ~ 143 The Spanish baja, alta & ioyos ~ 146 PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 147 Style ~ 148 Class difference ~ 148 Gender differences ~ 148 Domenico’s theory and the six elements of good style ~ 150 Memory/memoria ~ 153 Measure/misura ~ 154 Maniera / manner ~ 156 Aere / Air ~ 158 Diversità di cose / Variety ~ 159 Partire di terreno / Partitioning the Ground ~ 160 Movimento corporeo / Body Movement ~ 160 The inter-relations between elements ~ 162 Etiquette ~ 165 According to the Italian masters ~ 165 According to Arena ~ 165 Honours ~ 170 Full bar Riverenza / Reverence ~ 170 Half-bar Riverenza ~ 170 Meza Riverenza ~ 170 Riverenza in terra ~ 170 Hat ~ 171 Kissing ~ 171 Holds, formations and orientations ~ 172 Imperatives influencing dynamics ~ 172 Hand holds ~ 174 a la fila ~ 177 Use of the arms ~ 179 Figures ~ 181 A lively opening promenade ~ 181 Promenade, gypsy, single hand, two hand ~ 183 Side-by-side to man above woman below ~ 183 Following the feigning with the full ~ 183 Snaking and weaving ~ 184 Men/women teasing, leaving, chasing ~ 184 1st then 2nd then 3rd do figures ~ 185 Taking turn leading the dance ~ 185 Jousting-like passing through ~ 185 Steps ~ 187 Branle / Brawle / Congé ~ 189 Breban(t) (pas de) / Brabante (passo) ~ 191 Cambia ~ 191 Congé ~ 191 Continenza ~ 191 Contrapasso ~ 192 Desmarche / Riprese ~ 193 Doppio / Double / Doblis ~ 195 Escambiamento / Cambiamento ~ 196 Flowrdelice ~ 196 Frappamento / Botte ~ 197 Galoppo ~ 198 Meve ~ 198 Meza Ripresa ~ 198 Mezavolta ~ 198 Movimento / Scosso / Squassetto / Meve ~ 199 Passo ~ 201 Piva ~ 201 Posa ~ 201 Rak(e) ~ 201 Reprise ~ 201 Retrett ~ 201 Ripresa ~ 202 Riverenza / Reverence ~ 203 Saltarello ~ 203 Salto / Saut ~ 204 Scosso ~ 204 Sempio ~ 204 Simple ~ 204 Single ~ 205 Squassetto ~ 205 Stop(e) ~ 205 Trapasso / trapassino ~ 205 Trace ~ 205 Trett ~ 206 Volta ~ 206 Volta del Gioioso ~ 206 PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 209 The Vocation ~ 210 The different sorts of dancing masters ~ 210 The practical importance of the teacher ~ 213 Dance contracts and payments ~ 215 Teaching ~ 217 Dance standards ~ 217 Teaching exercises ~ 218 Matching movement to music ~ 220 Basse dance notation ~ 223 In the Nancy manuscript ~ 223 In Burgundian bassedanse manuals ~ 223 In the Cervera manuscript ~ 225 Other notations ~ 226 Beyond notations ~ 226 Anonymous Works ~ 227 The Brussels Manuscript ~ 227 The Cervera manuscript ~ 227 The Gresley manuscript ~ 228 The Montefiascone manuscript ~ 228 The Nancy manuscript ~ 229 The Salsbury manuscript ~ 229 The Stribaldi / Torino manuscript ~ 229 Various other manuscripts ~ 229 Authors and their Works ~ 230 Altieri ~ 230 Arena ~ 230 Castiglione ~ 230 Cochläus ~ 231 Coplande ~ 231 Cornazano ~ 232 Domenico ~ 233 Francesco Fineschi ~ 233 Guglielmo ~ 234 ‘Il Papa’ ~ 237 Moderne ~ 238 Pedro de Gracia Dei ~ 238 Toulouze ~ 238 | Alenchon ~ 6 Alesandresca ~ 8 Amoroso (for 2) ~ 19 Amoroso (for 3) ~ 25 Anello ~ 28 Angelosa ~ 38 Barcelona ~ 47 La Bassa de Castille/Spayñ ~ 49 Basse danse communes / Jouissance / Jouyssance vous donneray ~ 72 Belfiore ~ 81 Belriguardo (for two) ~ 92 Belriguardo Nuovo (for three) ~ 101 Borges ~ 111 Chastelana ~ 114 Chirintana ~ 119 Colonnese ~ 127 Corona ~ 138 La Danse de Cleves ~ 144 Eglamowr ~ 148 Esperans ~ 151 L’Esperence de Bourbon ~ 154 La Figlia Guglielmino (1) ~ 157 La Figlia Guglielmino (2) ~ 165 Francho cuore gentile ~ 176 La Franchoise nouvelle ~ 179 Gelosia ~ 181 Gioioso fiorito / Rostiboli Gioioso (3) ~ 194 Gioioso for three ~ 199 Gioliva ~ 207 Grazioso ~ 217 Ingrata ~ 230 Jupiter ~ 245 |  Part 2b: Dances in detail L-Z (Book 4) Lauro ~ 6 Legiadra ~ 10 Libeaus Desconus ~ 22 Lioncello Nuovo (for three) ~ 25 Lioncello vechio (for two) ~ 38 Malgratiosa ~ 48 Marchesana ~ 51 Mercantia ~ 63 Mignotta for 2 (Vecchia / Nova) or 3 ~ 78 Northumberland ~ 91 La Partita Crudele ~ 95 Pellegrina ~ 106 Petit Rinense ~ 115 Le Petit Rouen ~ 118 Pizochara ~ 121 Prenes a gard ~ 127 Prenes on gre ~ 130 Prigionera ~ 134 Reale ~ 147 Rostiboli Gioioso (1) ~ 155 Sobria ~ 174 Spero ~ 184 Talbott ~ 196 La Tantaine ~ 199 Temperans ~ 201 Tesara ~ 205 Venus ~ 216 Verçepe ~ 224 Villanella (1) ~ 233 La Vita di Cholino (for 2) ~ 238 La Vita di Cholino (for 3) ~ 242 Voltati in ça Rosina / Rossina ~ 249 |
