Dances
In the Middle Ages the structure of the dances of nobles was very similar to that of the farmers as a ritual expression of people. Dances were always based on rhythmic steps and repeated, performed in a circle.
Dance in the Renaissance was put in context of celebration and entertainment become a refined of nobles and courts.
The music is enriched with new tools in a play of contrast between fast and slow rhythms, while the figures of the dance become true tests of motor skills.
Valzer (Waltz)
Dance in pairs of German origin in three times with cheerful and moderate movement. It is the dance of excellence of the nineteenth century, the symbol of an era and of a romantic love,in which the couple closes in the hug.
Quadriglia
Lively dancing society in opposing pairs, full of figures, arranged on a square, in vogue in the nineteenth century.
Contraddanza (Country-dance)
In French “Contredanse”, from English "Country-dance”, old figured dance, danced by couples lined up on two opposite files REEL It is a popular dance of uncertain origin and diffused mainly in Ireland and Scotland.
Reel
It is a popular dance of uncertain origin and diffused mainly in Ireland and Scotland.
Two steps
Dance of American origin of binary rhythm, in vogue until 1820. It was dancing in pairs, doing one or more tours around the hall.
Mazurka
Dance of Polish origin, of moderate or cheerful movement, ternary.
Polka
Bohemian-style dance,fast and timely, in vogue up to the early twentieth century.
Galop
Very lively dance of German origin, affirmed in France, in the first half of the nineteenth century.