Title: Orchésographie
Description: Written by a French cleric, Jehan Tabourot, in the form of a dialogue between a dancing master and his student and originally published in 1588, this manual is an important tool in the understanding of late sixteenth-century French social dance. The manual provides critical information on social ballroom behavior and on the interaction of musicians and dancers. The book's usefulness is also enhanced by a notation system that correlates the music to the dance steps. Orchesographie discusses a full spectrum of late Renaissance dance including the galliard, pavane, branle, volta, morisque, gavotte, allemande, and courante.
Subjects: Dance, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Early works to 1800, Handbooks, manuals, Labanotation, Music for Dance, Notation for Dance, Musicology, Danse, Ouvrages avant 1800, Dans, Choreografie, Dansmuziek, Uitvoeringspraktijk, Dance music, Dance notation, History, Sources