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
Baroque dance
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Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era, closely linked with Baroque music, theatre, and opera.
Bourrée
…However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or "pick-up", whereas a gavotte has a half-bar anacrusis. In the Baroque era, after the Academie de Dance was established by Louis XIV in 1661, the French court adapted the bourrée, like many such dances, for the purposes of…
A costume design for Louis XIV as The Rising Sun, from the final entrée of Le Ballet de la Nuit (1653)
Young ladies enjoying a Time Travelers' Ball – dances from the 15th to early 20th century including Baroque