Bourrée
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The bourrée is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewh
Borrèia in Auvergne, early 20th century
People dancing bourrée in a folk ball
Eight bars of a dance recorded and published by Feuillet in 1700
Yuri Khanon "L'Os de chagrin" ("The Shagreen Bone" opera-interlude) Final: Bourrée
Gavotte
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The gavotte is a French dance, taking its name from a folk dance of the Gavot, the people of the Pays de Gap region of Dauphiné in the southeast of France, where the dance originated, according to one
Bourrée
…Occitan: borrèia; also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or…
A gavotte in Brittany, France, 1878
Music and choreography of a gavotte, by Vestris