Le maître a danser
Subtitle: Qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de danse dans toute la régularité de l'art, & de conduire les bras à chaque pas ...
By: Par le Sieur Rameau ...
Publisher: Rollin fils
Published: 1748
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Dance; Early works to 1800; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals; Handbooks, manuals
Description: Originally published in 1725 and reissued in 1734 and 1748 by French dancing master and writer Pierre Rameau (1674-1748), this is one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance technique. Part one of the text (with accompanying full-page plates) carefully describes the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, bows, and a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers use of the arms while dancing. The manual was translated into English in 1728 by dancer and dancing master, John Essex.
Notes: Plates signed: P. Rameau, invenit et fecìt.

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