The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Dance - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 88 pages of information about The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800.

The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800: Dance - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 88 pages of information about The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800.
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By the beginning of the Baroque era considerable development had already occurred in the art of dance throughout Europe, and dance was both a form of social entertainment and an art that was widely used to accompany theatrical productions. The staging of balls was a common diversion at European courts and among the wealthy societies of the Continent's cities. At the same time dance played a vital role in the many spectacles that were staged at Renaissance courts. During the sixteenth century these festivities had grown ever more complex, and kings and princes had come to hire an increasing number of professionals to dance and perform acrobatics in them. In larger courts dance masters were frequently hired to stage these spectacles, and the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries had produced a number of new manuals of dance theory. While much of the information contained...

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