Courtly dance

It is a dance form that evolved in the late Middle Ages and was popular into the eighteenth century the richest manors of Europe's , among the crowned heads, of the highest aristocracy and courtiers. Enjoyed the greatest success in the manors of Italian, French and English. When this kind of entertainment began to be popular and occupied more and more and more time, appeared a new profession - organizer playground, a prototype of the choreographer.The court dances are classified as historical dances. Some of them are derived from of folk dances..The best known types of courtly dance are:

gawot – gavotte menuet kontredans – contredanse passacaglia pawana – pavane saltarello – saltarelle sarabanda – sarabande

Dance in a PavilionNicolas Lancret

MenuetGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo

The MinuetGiovanni Battista Tiepolo

Courtly Danceprobably Fasolo or Zelotti

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Background sound – Polnischer Tanz ; Valentin HaussmannThe illustrations - taken from accessible websitesThe presentation was made by - Anna