Letter of Dance -- Articles Arranged by Type

The Primary Source Bibliography

A comprehensive survey of the extant primary sources from the Renaissance, by Geoffrey Matthias.

The Discography

A long list of recordings of dance music, with commentary.

Basse Danse

• A Translation of "S'ensuyvent Plusieurs Basses Dances Tant Communes Que Incommunes" by Jacques Moderne
• A Transcription and Brief Commentary on Robert Coplande's "Manner of dauncynge of bace dauces"
• The Brussels Manuscript: Transcription & Translation
• Burgundian Basse Dance: A Reconstruction of the Brussels MS
• "I Will Give You Joy": A Basse Dance from Arbeau

Arbeau (and all Galliards)

• The Galliard and Tourdion: An Introductory Description
• Lady Ilyana's Galliard
• "I Will Give You Joy": A Basse Dance from Arbeau
• Mutanze: A Series of Articles on Galliard Variations
• Arbeau's Horse's Branle in the SCA
• Stepping on Our Toes: Some Background on Branles
• Basic Brawling Techniques
• Never again Pinagay:
• The Case of the Gavotte
• Letter: Re: Bransles
• Mara's Teaching Notes for Galliards

English Country Dance, Measures, and earlier

• The Return of Spring
• Hole in the Wall: A Guide to Kidnapping
• Instructions for Hyde Park
• Parson's Farewell
• Parson's Farewell: An Alternate Reconstruction
• Evidence for English Country Dances in the Sixteenth Century
• Articles and Letters Regarding Dargason
• Heralds in Love
• Hearts Ease: Some Reconstruction Notes
• Letter: More on Hyde Park
• Syon Park: A Country Dance for two couples
• Letter: Set and Turn: to face or not to face?
• Letter: The Quadran's Purpose?
• Letter: English Country Dancing: Pro and Contra
• Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford
• If All the World Were Paper
• Sellenger's Oval, or The End of the World (As We Know It)
• Twt Hill
• Letter: The Double Hey
• The Lorayne Alman
• Letter: Sidings
• Letter: Hole in the Wall
• John Playford, a Brief Biography
• Letter: Set and Turn: to face or not to face? (revisited)
• The Origin of English Country Dance
• The Friar and the Nun
• Period References to Scottish Dancing
• More Period References to Scottish Dancing
• A Reconstruction of Playford's The Spanish Gipsy
• To Tame a Pretty Conceit
• The Gresley Dance Colleciton

15th Century Italy

• Italian Balli of the 15th Century
• Book Review: Fifteenth-Century Dance and Music
• Mercanzia and Sobria - Two 15th C. Italian balli by Domenico da Piacenza
• Anello
• Book Review: On the Practice or Art of Dancing
• CD Review: Mesura et Arte del Danzare
• La Vita di Cholino by Giovannino
• Voltate in Ça Rosina
• Review of the new Alta Danza CD
• The Gresley Dance Colleciton

16th Century Italy

• Ballo del Fiore in Due: The Dance of the Flower
• Leggiadria d'Amore: A Balletto for Three
• Bassa Ducale
• Gloria d'Amore: A Reconstruction
• Review: Music and Dance in "Le Gratie d'Amore"
• Il Canario: The Canary of Cesare Negri with its Variations
• Dolce Amoroso Fiamma (Sweet Amorous Flame)
• O Spagnoletta, O Cascarda, or, A Word Concerning Similarities
• Spagnoletto, Spagnoletta, Fa, La La, La La,
• Letter: "Peacocking"
• A Caroso-Style Ball
• Bassa Gioiosa
• Veni, Vidi, Coranti
• Dell' Arte Cascardare
• Ask Dr. Terpsichore
• Dance-relevant Definitions in John Florio's 1611 Italian-English Dictionary
• Two Sixteenth-Century Dance Games
• To Tame a Pretty Conceit

Other

• Saltarello La Regina
• Book Review: The Dancing Body in Renaissance Choreography
• Back-Seat Drivers
• Dance Courtesy
• Notes from a Dance Practice
• Lessons from a Move
• Silly Dancing
• The Teaching of Dance
• Medieval Dance in Poetry: Simon Prudenzani's Il Solazzo
• Letter: A Commentary on Dance Schools
• Using the Pieces-Parts to make the Chicken: or Just What Should Dancemasters be Teaching?
• Dance Games
• Stepping on Our Toes
• Letters on Italianophobia
• Letter: Dancemaster, Singular or Plural?
• Letter: Notes from Master Niall McKennett
• Letter: Saltarello, Saltarello, come si fa il Saltarello:
• Letter: Ancora e molto del Saltarello: yet another option!
• Dancing Mania
• An Overview to Abbrevatures in Period
• Stepping on Our Toes: Garb
• Stepping on Our Toes: Performance Tips
• Stepping on Our Toes: Reconstruction
• Report: Limited Repertoire at Pennsic
• Setting Up a Dance Seminar and Ball
• The Dancer and the Live Musician
• The Case of the Gavotte
• A Caroso-Style Ball
• Directing an SCA Pickup Band -- or Ten Soprano Recorders, a Doumbek and You
• Stepping on Our Toes: Sharking
• Exactly What Is Middle Eastern Dance?
• The Hole in the Wall Pop Quiz
• Event announcement: Known World Dance '99
• Period Versus SCA Versions of Dance Tabulations and Executions

Reviews (books, CD's) and Bibliographies

• A Partial Bibliography of Periodical Articles Relating to SCA Period Dance
• Book Review: The Playford Ball
• Book Review: Arena's "Rules for Dancing"
• Videotape Review: Il Ballarino: The Art of Renaissance Dance
• Book Review: Orchesography
• Review: The Country Dance Book
• Reviews: Popular Dances of the Renaissance and English Playford Dances -- Hit and Misse
• Review: Music and Dance in "Le Gratie d'Amore"
• Book Review: On the Practice or Art of Dancing
• CD Review: Mesura et Arte del Danzare
• Letter: So, Justin, what ARE The 12 Most Useful Dance CDs?
• Review of the new Alta Danza CD

Satire and Parody

• Rudiments of Ballo Dimenio of the Late 20th Century
• The Dark Horse (Playford, 1649)
• The Marshallate of Dance
• Letter: "Peacocking"
• Sellenger's Oval, or The End of the World (As We Know It)

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