20 Terms
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Historical dance
Bourrée
Dance; Historical dance
A dance of French origin common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century. It is danced in quick double time, somewhat resembling the gavotte.
Tourdion
Dance; Historical dance
A lively dance, similar in nature to the Galliard, and popular from the mid 15th to the late 16th centuries, first in the Burgundian court and then all over the French Kingdom. The dance was ...
La volta
Dance; Historical dance
An anglicised name for a Renaissance dance for couples from the later Renaissance. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
Courante
Dance; Historical dance
A triple metre dance(s) from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era. Courante literally means running, and in the later Renaissance the courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps, as ...
Volta
Dance; Historical dance
An anglicised name for a Renaissance dance for couples from the later Renaissance. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
Sarabande
Dance; Historical dance
A triple metre dance which was first mentioned in Central America in 1539 but became popular in the Spanish colonies before moving back across the Atlanta to Spain.
Port
Dance; Historical dance
A form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the sixteenth century and today most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.
