Baroque dance music composers biography

Type of dance common in the 17th–18th century

Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era (roughly 1600–1750),^[1] closely linked with Baroque music, theatre, and opera.

Baroque dance music composers biography

English country dance

Further information: Country dance

The majority of surviving choreographies from the period are English country dances, such as those in the many editions of Playford'sThe Dancing Master.

Playford only gives the floor patterns of the dances, with no indication of the steps. However, other sources of the period, such as the writings of the French dancing-masters Feuillet and Lorin, indicate that steps more complicated than simple walking were used at least some of the time.

English country dance survived well beyond the Baroque era and eventually spread in various forms across Europe and its colonies, and to all levels of society.

The French Noble style

Further information: French ballet

The great innovations in dance in the 17th century originated