Early Dance
Just a work in progress page. A list of all the dances that are currently in my brain. Since starting lessons in Fall 2020, I've learned and worked on the following choreography:
Amoroso
Rostiboli Gioioso
Lauro
16th Century Italian Dance:
Barriera: Caroso, 1600 (Galliard from Santucci, 1614)
So Ben Mi Chi Ha Buon Tempo: Negri, 1602
Passo e Mezo (Lady's part): Caroso, 1581
Spagnoletta Nuova al modo di Madriglia: Caroso, 1600
Celeste Giglio: Caroso, 1600
Le Bellezze D'Olimpia: Caroso, 1581
Chiara Stella: Caroso, 1581
Alta Somaglia: Negri, 1602
Baroque Dance:
Forlana: Pecour, (Pemberton) 1711
La Savoye: Pecour, 1700
Sarabande Pour Une Femme: Pecour, 1704
The Diana: P. Siris, 1725
Couplet de Dance sur un Air à trois temps: 1704
The following were learned largely through the Historical Dance Society's teaching and performance videos, and Lorenzo Pettrucci's Beginner Book:
Bransles:
Branle des Lavandieres (Washerwoman's Branle)
Branle des Sabots (Clog Branle)
Branle Charlotte
Branle de l'Official
Branle des Chevaulx (Horse's Branle)
The Old Measures:
Queen's Almaine
Ould Almaine
Quadran Pavan
The Gresley Manuscript:
Ly Bens Distonys
Basse danse:
Danse de Cleves (via Rachel Lorenz's teaching video)
English Country Dance:
Graies Inne Maske
References: (My two books!)
Caroso, Fabritio. Courtly Dance of the Renaissance: A New Translation and Edition of the Nobilta di Dame (1600). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1995.
Nevile, Jennifer. Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750. Bloomington: Indiana University Press., 2008.
Other Sources:
Katherine's Renaissance Dance Pages