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Dances

Italian, 15th Century
Amoroso: Guglielmo
Anello: Domenico
Belfiore: Domenico
Lauro: Lorenzo de Medici
Lioncello Vecchio: Domenico
Petit Riense: Ambrosio
Petit Rose: Domenico
Rostiboli Gioioso: Guglielmo

Basse Dance
Beaulte de Castille, Brussels Ms, 1445
Danse de Cleves, Brussels Ms, 1445
Franchoise Nouvelle, Brussels Ms, 1445

Gresley
Ly Bens Distonys

Italian, 16th Century
Balletti
Alta Mendozza: M. Stefano (Negri, 1602)
Alta Somaglia: M. Stefano (Negri, 1602)
Ballo del Fiore: Caroso, 1581
Barriera: Caroso, 1600
Bassa Pompilia: Caroso, 1581
Bassa Toscana: M. Battistino (Caroso, 1581)
Bizzarria d’Amore: Negri, 1602
Le Bellezze d’Olimpia: Caroso, 1581
Il Bigarà: Negri, 1602
Celeste Giglio: Caroso, 1600
Contentezza d’Amore: Caroso, 1600
Il Conto dell’Orco: Caroso, 1581
Dolce Amoroso Foco: Caroso, 1581
Gagliarda di Spagna: Caroso, 1581
Laura Gentile: Negri, 1602
Leggiadra Marina: Negri, 1602
Passo e Mezzo (lady’s side): Caroso, 1581
So Ben Mi Chi Ha Buon Tempo: Negri, 1602
Spagnoletta Nuova al Modo di Madriglia: Caroso, 1600
Il Torneo Amoroso: Negri, 1602
Villanella: Caroso, 1581
Cascarde
Allegrezza d’Amore: Oratio Martire (Caroso, 1581)
Alta Regina: Caroso, 1581
Alta Regina: Caroso, 1600
La Castellana: Caroso, 1581
Chiara Stella: Caroso, 1581
Fulgente Stella: Caroso, 1581
Gloria d’Amore: Caroso, 1581
Gracca Amorosa: Caroso, 1581
Maraviglia d’Amore: Caroso, 1581

16thC Italians Here’s my summary of each dance in a few sentences.

Baroque
A Chacone: Mr. Isaac, 1711
Ballo Secondo: Grossatesta, 1726
Ballo Terzo: Grossatesta, 1726
Couplet de Dance sur un air à trois temps: Pecour, 1704
Entree pour une femme: Pecour, 1713
Folia d’Espagne pour femme: Feuillet, 1700
Forlana: Pecour, 1711 (Pemberton)
La Gaillarde: Balon
La Lorraine: Balon 1719
La Savoye: Pecour, 1700
Minuet: Mr. Isaac, 1711
Passacaille d’Armide: Pecour, 1713
Sarabande pour une femme: Pecour, 1704
The Diana: P. Siris, 1725

Training

Anna Mansbridge
Ken Pierce
Thomas Baird


References

  • Arbeau, Thoinot, Evans, Mary (translator). Orchesography (1589). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1967.
  • Caroso, Fabritio, Sutton, Julia (translator). Courtly Dance of the Renaissance: A New Translation and Edition of the Nobilta di Dame (1600). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1995.
  • Kendall, Gustavia Yvonne. Le Gratie D’amore 1602 By Cesare Negri: Translation and Commentary. PhD dissertation, Stanford, 1985.
  • Lindahl, Greg (Gregory Blount of Isenfir). Fabritio Caroso’s Il Ballarino (1581). www.pbm.com/~lindahl/caroso/
  • Nevile, Jennifer. Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750. Bloomington: Indiana University Press., 2008.
  • Rameau, Pierre. The Dancing Master. Alton: Dance Books Ltd., 2003.
  • Roe, Margaret. Il Ballarino: Steps and Dances: Margaret Roe, 2011.
  • Waite, Philippa and Appleby, Judith. Beauchamp-Feuillet Notation: A Guide for Beginner and Intermediate Baroque Dance Students. UK: Consort de Danse Baroque, 1998.
  • Wortelboer, Dorothée. Celeste Giglio: Flowers of 16th-Century Dance. The Netherlands: Dorothée Wortelboer, 1996.
  • A Collection of Dances – beginner book for Renaissance dance
  • Katherine’s Renaissance Dance Pages
  • Library of Dance – Vintage Dance Manuals
  • The Old Measures – English Renaissance dance
  • SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage