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Galliard in Siena, Italy, 15th century. The galliard (/ ˈ ɡ æ l j ər d /; French: gaillarde; Italian: gagliarda) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy.
One dance for couples, a form of the galliard called volta, involved a rather intimate hold between the man and woman, with the woman being lifted into the air while the couple made a 3 ⁄ 4 turn. Other dances, such as branles or bransles, were danced by many people in a circle or line.
Historical dance (or early dance) is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance types from the past as they are danced in the present. Today historical dances are danced as performance , for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment , or for musicological or historical research.
The dance begins with a galliard. Then the couple makes a transition to a closed position. The leader (the man, according to period custom) lets go of his partner's hand and takes hold of her below her busk with one hand, and places the other hand on her back above the far hip. The follower places her near hand on top of her partner's near ...
Other dances referred to in English Renaissance plays such as the galliard, pavane, and volta are described in French and Italian dancing manuals by Thoinot Arbeau and Fabritio Caroso among others. Some of the country dances Shakespeare mentions appear in John Playford's The English Dancing Master (1651), but Playford's choreographies probably ...
The words are set to a dance-tune, a galliard. The song is associated with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , who was executed for treason in 1601 after he rebelled against Elizabeth I . The song is sometimes referred to as " The Earl of Essex Galliard" , although that title normally refers to an instrumental version, "The Earl of Essex, his ...
BalletMet is an American ballet company and training program based in Columbus, Ohio. [1] Located in downtown Columbus, BalletMet facilities include a black box theatre performance space, seven dance studios, administrative offices, and costume and scene shops.
Les Petits Chanteurs de Passy sing the pavane Belle qui tiens ma vie of Thoinot Arbeau. Thoinot Arbeau is the anagrammatic pen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1520 – July 23, 1595). [1]