Historical dance
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Historical dances are dances that reenact what was danced in times long past, together with music and costumes.

Usually they are danced as performance, but may well be danced for pleasure in the historical dance clubs and societies.

Categories of Historical dance

• Renaissance dance
  • Bassedanse
  • Branle
  • Galliard
    • Lavolta
  • Pavana

• Medieval dance

• Baroque dance
  • Bouree
  • Chaconne

• Court dance
  • French court dances during the 17th Century
    • Bouree
    • Branle
    • Canaries dance
    • Chaconne
    • Courante
    • Gaillarde
    • Gavotte
    • Gigue
    • Loure
    • Menuet
    • Passacaille (Passacaglia)
    • Passepied
    • Pavane
    • Rigaudon
    • Sarabande

Related articles

Ballet - Masque - List of dances - Dance basic topics

External link

• The Renaissance Dance Homepage
• European Calendar of Historical Dance
• The Institute for Historical Dance Practice (IHDP)

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_dance.
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