Renaissance dance
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Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances, specifically those during the Renaissance period. During that period, there was a distinction between country dances and court dances
Dance at Herod's Court, an engraving by Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1490
Ambrosius Benson, Elegant couples dancing in a landscape, before 1550
French painting of the volta, from Penshurst Place, Kent, often wrongly assumed to be of Elizabeth I
El nacimiento de Venus, por Sandro Botticelli
Basse danse
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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
Renaissance dance
…1651, the first edition of Playford. The dances in these manuals are extremely varied in nature. They range from slow, stately "processional" dances (bassadance, pavane, almain) to fast, lively dances (galliard, coranto, canario). The former, in which the dancers' feet were not raised high off the floor were…
A courtly basse dance
The Grand Ball, engraving by Master MZ dated 1500; it shows the court in Munich
A 16th-century basse danse