The pavane is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance).
A Pavane, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897
At the royal court of Henry III of France: Anne de Joyeuse and his wife Marguerite de Vaudémont-Lorraine, dancing a pavane. Left under the canopy the king and his mother Catherine de' Medici, to the right of her Queen Louise. The musicians on the right side. (c. 1581)
The basse danse, or "low dance", was a popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court. The word basse describes the nature of the dance, in which partners move quietly and gracefully in a slow gliding or walking motion without leaving the floor, while in livelier dances both feet left the floor in jumps or leaps. The basse danse was a precursor of the pavane as a dignified processional dance. The term may apply to the dance or the music alone.
A courtly basse dance
Dance at Herod's Court, an engraving by Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1490.
The Grand Ball, engraving by Master MZ dated 1500; it shows the court in Munich
A 16th-century basse danse