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The gigue (/ ʒ iː ɡ / ZHEEG, French:) or giga (Italian: [ˈd͡ʒiːɡa]) is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century [2] and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court ...
The loure, also known as the gigue lourée or gigue lente (slow gigue), is a French Baroque dance, probably originating in Normandy and named after the sound of the instrument of the same name (a type of musette). It is of slow or moderate tempo, sometimes in simple triple meter but more often in compound duple meter.
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Gîte du Volcan in Réunion. A gîte or gite (French pronunciation:) is, typically, a holiday rental home in France, but there are many interpretations of the term 'gîte'.'. They range from a gîtes d'etape — a hostel, for walkers and cyclists — to a gîte rural, a holiday home in the country available for rent, often an accessory dwelling
Bal-musette is a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was eventually replaced by the accordion, on which a variety of waltzes, polkas, and other dance styles were played.
Pinging across eclectic points of reference, French collective (La)Horde channels hyperlink culture into dance. One experiences their work as one would a fervid, late-night Wikipedia binge, making ...
In the Baroque era, after the Academie de Dance was established by Louis XIV in 1661, [3] the French court adapted the bourrée, like many such dances, for the purposes of concert dance. In this way it gave its name to a ballet step [ 4 ] characteristic of the dance , a rapid movement of the feet while en pointe or demi-pointe, and so to the ...