page_title: Volta (dance)
hierarchical_section_title: Volta (dance)
caption_attribution_description: Queen Elizabeth I Dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester . Artist unknown possibly Marcus Gheeraerts / French Valois school, c . 1580 . Dancing the la volta. Courtesy of Penshurst Palace, Kent Formerly thought to be Queen Elizabeth I of England dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Now the title of the painting, at Penshurst Place in Kent, is thought to be ironic or mocking, as the painting is associated with the French Valois school, c. 1580.
context_page_description: The volta is an anglicised name for a dance for couples that was popular during the later Renaissance period. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music. Its main figure consisted of a turn and lift in a sort of closed position, which could be done either to the right or to the left. It is also called La volta, Volta, Volte. Spelling variants include la volta and levolto; its name is la volte in French and la volta in Italian. Considered at first to be risque and controversial, La volta became a respectable, but never completely dignified, dance after Queen Elizabeth I of England danced it with the Earl of Leicester.
context_section_description: The volta (plural: voltas) (Italian: "the turn" or "turning") is an anglicised name for a dance for couples that was popular during the later Renaissance period. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music. Its main figure consisted of a turn and lift in a sort of closed position, which could be done either to the right or to the left. It is also called La volta, Volta, Volte.  Spelling variants include la volta and levolto; its name is la volte in French and la volta in Italian. Considered at first to be risque and controversial, La volta became a respectable, but never completely dignified, dance after Queen Elizabeth I of England danced it with the Earl of Leicester.
caption: Despite its mocking title, Queen Elizabeth I Dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, this painting of the lavolta is from the French Valois school and depicts unknown dancers. It is currently in Penshurst Place in Kent.
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