Trattato del ballo nobile
By: di Giambatista Dufort, indirizzato all' eccellenza delle signore dame, e de' signori cavalieri napoletani.
Publisher: Nella stamperia di F. Mosca
Published: 1728
Place of publication: In Napoli
Language: ita
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Dance -- Early works to 1800.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Theatrical Dance.; Notation for Dance.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: Part one of this text consists of thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is fully described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to performance of the minuetto (minuet) and concludes with a section on the contradanza (contredanse) and riverenze (bows).
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