Tratado dos principaes fundamentos da dança
Subtitle: obra muito util, naõ sómente para esta mocidade, que quer aprender a dançar bem, mas ainda para as pessoas honestas, e polidas, as quaes ensina as regras para bem andar, saudar, e fazer todas as cortezias, que convem em as assembleas adonde o uzo do mundo a todos chama ...
By: Por Natal Jacome Bonem ...
Publisher: Na Officina dos Irmaõs Ginhoens
Published: 1767
Place of publication: Coimbra
Language: por
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Dance -- Early works to 1800.; Salutations -- Early works to 1800.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Tratado da dança
Description: Portuguese dancing master Bonem's manual borrows from the work of contemporary French sources, including dancing masters Guillaume-Louis Pecour and Pierre Rameau. The manual's fourteen chapters focus on dance in the court of Louis XIV and include discussion on feet positions, bows appropriate for various occasions, and the steps and arm positions for the minuet.
Notes: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.