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The dancing for this event will be drawn heavily from Thoinot
Arbeau's Orchesography (1589). This is the best source that we have
for contemporary dancing. It is a work aimed at the middle class, and as
such does not address the sort of dancing done by the average peasant in
the southwest of France. However, many of the bransles are derived originally
from peasant dance forms.
A facsimile of the original Orchesography is online at the Library of Congress. Thereaare number of web sites with information on Arbeau on the net. Two useful links are some musical settings by Joseph Casazza and directions on how to dance pavans and almans, by Patri Pugliese and Joseph Casazza. There will be more information here as our Dance Mistress provides it...
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