Menuet Excerpt from Introduction to Baroque Dance

Menuet excerpt from Introduction to Baroque Dance - Dance Types, a DVD featuring Paige Whitley-Bauguess, Thomas Baird, and Baroque Arts Project. Baroque Dance DVDs are now available in digital download format: www.baroquedanc...

[@kefaad]

I purchased it many many years ago on VHS! Splendid production and introductory course to baroque dance.

[@ziggywhitley]

Thank you!

[@ehpope]

A treasure, beautifully produced.

[@ehpope]

Priceless!

[@Mypianoteacher]

0:50 If you want to skip to the dance itself

[@donsena2013]

Music in its purist form, that of the Baroque Era. (We will surely never hear such exquisite music from the nineteenth century --- a century of mostly classical noise)

[@huskytail]

Irregular rhythm was common for all of the Indo-European world. It's sad that the West has lost them more or less. They give an intense energy to the music and dance.

[@onebadbit]

West could care less

[@somethingcreativeprobably5160]

It's still common in Indian music :)

[@tymanung6382]

By early 1800s, all Spanish speaking
S Americans, as a result of successful
independence wars vs. Spain, created
new music song dances. In S of S America, they created some new minuets, like Argentine Minute Federal
and Minue, Montonero(Highland).
or Chile s Resbalosa.
Minuet--- from royalist to republican.
These S American versions all have youtube oerformance videos.

[@abril438]

So beautiful! as in all Jane Austen dances!

[@nathanpayne6765]

Yes, though the Minuet predates Jane Austen by quite a while. I think it was already considered a bit old-fashioned even by her time.

[@танц.клубПируэтАсбест]

Полезное видео!!!

[@dilipaweeratunga]

"First measure of beats having a strong beat and second having less strong..." similar to Samagrha and khali in indian music

[@gabrielemaino4696]

What music is this?

[@ziggywhitley]

Dance - Reconstructed from Rameau’s "Le Maître à Danser" (1725)
Music - Anonymous Menuet XIV & IV in Anthony Pointel’s collection "Deusiesme Recuiel des Dances et Contre-Dances"(1688)

[@ARolls-dd2zd]

Do ladies start on their right as demonstrated?

[@ziggywhitley]

Yes, menuet step begins with a step onto the right foot, and the lady is on the man's right hand side.

[@chae1ida]

0:40

[@moseyburns1614]

Imagine how bored people were back in the day to be doing this for fun

[@thetillerwiller4696]

No internet or tv lol

[@lalah6157]

Not bored. Just a lot smarter, more thoughtful, diligent, disciplined... and not limited by lack of morality and honor in daily life.😊