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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.
Pierre-Francisque Caroubel (1556 – summer 1611 or 1615 [1]) was a French violinist and composer.He is known for his dance music, bransles (he composed "Le Branle De Montirande") and galliards.
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 ...
Galliard – Spirited dance in triple meter. Gavotte – French folk dance in quadruple meter, often with a moderate to quick tempo, and with a characteristic half-bar upbeat. Gigue – Lively baroque dance originating from the British jig, typically in compound meter. Loure – Slow French dance, often included in the Baroque suite.
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.
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 ...
Old measures, or simply measures, were a group of dances performed at ceremonial and festive occasions in Early Modern Britain.Some of the dances included in the measures were the pavane and the almain, and dances such as the galliard and the courante are also mentioned as accompanying or following the traditional measures.