Trattato del ballo nobile : di Giambatista Dufort, indirizzato all' eccellenza delle signore dame, e de' signori cavalieri Napoletani.
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TextPublication details: Napoli : nella Stamperia di Felice Mosca, 1728.Description: 160 p. : ill. ; 18 cmSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Part one of this text consists of thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is fully described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to performance of the minuetto (minuet) and concludes with a section on the contradanza (contredanse) and riverenze (bows).
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VWML | Wood Bequest | Storage | QL 4.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reference only | Bound photocopy of book. | 8576 |
Part one of this text consists of thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is fully described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to performance of the minuetto (minuet) and concludes with a section on the contradanza (contredanse) and riverenze (bows).