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In an article Basse Dance By Joan Curry, she explains:
“Basse danse was a principal dance form during the late Middle Ages
and Renaissance periods, reaching the height of its cultivation during
the 15th century and disappearing after the middle of the 16th
century. It is a court dance which was enjoyed at Burgundian courts.
The dance was performed with light, gliding steps of dignified motion,
and it was danced by couples”
University Of Toronto Website
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/EM/projects/este/bassed.html
I located the following on Bergundian Dance in Googles cached pages:
Burgundian Dance in the Late Middle Ages
“Our primary knowledge of Burgundian dance in the late Middle Ages is
based on a manuscript housed in the Brussels Bibliothèque Royale, Les
Basses danses de Marguerite d'Autriche, published c.1490. The
manuscript, printed on black paper and with gold and silver
calligraphy, contains music and a shorthand form of tablature for the
description of more than fifty bassesdanses.
The steps are explained as follows:
“Popular from the fourteenth century to the second half of the
sixteenth, the bassedanse (It., bassadanza) was a regal processional
dance consisting of only five steps. The simplest components were
single steps and double steps (notated ss and d)--these were walking
steps that progressed forward or backward. The single step consisted
of a step and weight change; the double was composed of three steps.
Each step was punctuated by a slight rising and lowering of the body.
The branle (notated b) was a sideways step performed with a slight
swaying motion. The reprise or démarche (notated z, or s in other
sources), was a backward step; and révérence (notated R) was the
formal bow or curtsy. No floor patterns were provided in this
manuscript, but the bassedanse was usually danced with one couple
standing behind another, partners holding inside hands. Delicate and
tranquil in style, the bassedanse was intended to be danced by an
unlimited number of noble performers, and its small steps perfectly
accommodated the lady's long train and the exaggerated, pointed toes
of the gentleman's shoes, known as poulaines.”
http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:5bK7zCnscIoC:memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay1.html+:+Burgundian+Dance+in+the+Late+Middle+Ages+&hl=es&ie=UTF-8
Moderne's Basse Dance Measures and Brussels Manuscript Basse Dance
Measures are located here:
University of Waterloo Website
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~del/ddb/frburg/frburg28.htm#Heading130
In the Table of Contents of Dances of France and Burgundy –you will
find links to descriptions timings, steps and other French dances.
University of Waterloo Website
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~del/ddb/frburg/frburg_c.htm
“It is reasonably obvious from the description of the bransles in
Orchesography, and from Arbeau's status in society, that the bransles
were dances done normally by the lower or middle classes in French
society at the time (the upper classes were probably dancing pavanes,
galliards, and perhaps some dances in the Italian style at the time).”
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/frburg/frburg01.htm
Images from Arbeau
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/arbeau_inline.html
Dances of France and Burgundy music files are available for download
here:
The Society for Creative Anachronism Website
http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/music/frburg/
Basse Dance: Music file
University Of Toronto Website
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/EM/resource/danseries.ram
The Capriol Dancers, a performing group, established in 1981, give
public presentations of historical dancing in appropriate period dress
Here is a picture of them in 15th Century Burgundy attire for the
Burgundian Basse Danse
http://www.mjtr.de/capriol/images/d3.jpg
A 120 page publication to read online that may interest you.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance/dance.pdf
You may also purchase the following publication:
15th Century Dances from Burgundy and Italy A booklet giving
instructions for dancing a number of late mediaeval and early
renaissance dances, with accompanying CD.
http://www.geocities.com/companieofdansers/Pricelist.html
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