The Majesty of Renaissance Dance (2008)

[DancetimePublication]

Nido d'Amore, which is the name of the dance

[afhales]

What are the names of the tunes?

[FromBaroquewithLove]

I was born too late...

[DancetimePublication]

@torzorrandem, you are clearly too cool for school... :)

[TorZorrandEm]

Suggested this music at a school dance...now no one wants to be my friend. I wish more people could appreciate this.

[dafeltre]

Anybody know the name of those shorts the man is wearing?

[cantecleer]

-- This video is great. When I taught Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", I used clips from this (and another video) to explain the importance of dance in Renaissance society. I think most of the students appreciated it. For the rest... oh well! hah... Anyway, thanks for uploading^^

[sandtohs]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH,

[JUSTINJLOFTON]

some of the dancers were light on their feet, as if they studied ballat, the last performance seem as if it was the early stages of tap dancing, but of course i might be wrong.

[eatsleepdance9509]

@JUSTINJLOFTON The last dance did seem like very basic tap (mostly shuffles) but I thought that the dancers weren't very light, rather awkward at times, actually, but maybe that was because of the costumes. This is still a great video, though; thanks for uploading it!

[yellowmoped]

Renaissance fair-goers should totally raid a night club and break out in this kind of dance

[ProphetLuong]

THANKS A MILLION FOR THIS GREAT EUROPEAN DANCE LESSON!

[R3dLaYsz0uT]

i love the way they dance. its something i would like to try an learn. it does not look hard at all. its a sort but nice dance.

[cavaliereramingo]

See photos of our show called "Musiche e Danze ai tempi di Leonardo" on flickr.com tags cameratapolifonicaviterbese danzerinascimentali... sorry but I couldn't paste the url...

[cavaliereramingo]

Great! we have been proposing for many times a show called -Musiche e danze ai tempi di Leonardo- and the steps you are teaching are exactly what we learned from our trainer.

[ShesThe1yup]

interesting I'd like to find a club that does this kind of dancing in groups. what FUN

[DancetimePublication]

There is a large instructional section. The complete costume hides the woman's feet. The underwear (as versus leotards) gives a feeling of the era, and shows how the body moves.

[mastersnet18]

why are they dancing in their underwear?

[democrategirl]

We each dance to our own music!

[lsdvine]

i think, as a 19 year old, that there is a reason for everything. We may dance like monkeys, but that is because we are content with our bodies and yet have no training. we dance the combination of bourgeouise and proletariat. See it as an expression of deep confusion but total love

[martinlindsgaard]

Agreed and how poignant you express yourself. What an interesting youth you must be...... ;-)

[ZetXardJormsot]

What's a pity that most of teenagers don't even know about that... They miss a lot. While waving their hands and legs like monkeys with terrible pop-music in clubs.

[MrFrinkham]

@ZetXardJormsot I'll bet anything that the parents of the Renaissance dancers of the day thought that they all looked like monkeys to them, as well.

[Edgarssprogis]

@ZetXardJormsot maybe in USA but in countries that have rich history of cultur many people dance folk dances, for example, the Baltic States, Georgian national balley, scotish sword dancing etc. The people who actually are participating in dancing are at the same rate as the people who shake there booty in clubs. :D Sorry for my english

[JeremyNasmith]

@ZetXardJormsot Seriously?? Have you seen the styles of dances evolving in clubs these days? Pop-locking, tutting, liquid pop, break-dancing, hip-hop, etc. take an incredible amount of coordination and skill, and are often unbelievably virtuostic. If done musically and executed well technically, any dance form can be impressive. Once the technical aspect is mastered, the dancer has an enormous arsenal of steps/moves/gestures/jumps/tur­ns/lifts/throws/etc. to express any idea or character.

[JeremyNasmith]

@ZetXardJormsot While it may be a pity that teenagers are unaware of Baroque or Renaissance dance, it's equally pitiable that you would compare current dance styles to the movements of monkeys before even attempting to understand or execute these new and varied styles of dance. Shameful!

[barbhorses]

@JeremyNasmith ZetXard is not doubt referring to the "dance" of where people are essentially having sex with their clothes on. That isn't dance. That is just humping someone with clothes on. I find it exceptionally distasteful. As far as modern dance (real dancing), I have found those moves to be really amazing.

[JeremyNasmith]

@ZetXardJormsot Final post: Just so you know who is making these comments, I, Jeremy Nasmith, have performed Baroque dance, classical ballet, and various other contemporary and modern styles on international stages throughout North America, Europe, and Asia for the past 25 years. Respect dance! Respect the dedication of dancers! Respect the evolution of the human spirit and it's continued expression through the ever changing medium of dance!

[OtakuDeathFang]

@ZetXardJormsot I agree, though I am a teenager I find historical dance and just history in general very interesting

[darkhyena]

Isnt it strange how originally, it was the men who wore the most revealing clothes in dancing.

[TheHenriettha]

Well, I wish it would become fashionable again!

[TZAVELENA]

@darkhyena if you look at pre-industrial cultures around the world....it is the men who are most plummed and tressed

[changtuber]

@TZAVELENA Yes, and the men in those cultures usually know how to move their upper bodies fluidly... I'm always struck, upon returning home from travels, how stiffly the average Westerner walks or holds himself. We in the West rarely even swing our arms while walking. We hold it all in tightly. It's the same stiffness I see in most courtly European dances. I love the music and the costumes, but I wish the dances made a bit more use of the upper body, especially the men.

[duran3d]

@darkhyena And not just in dancing, that's also true for the everyday clothing. But I would say that it is not that the men clothes were particularly revealing but instead the women clothes were specially obscuring.

[munkerudL]

Lovely dance, the feet movement looks a bit complicated but I`ll try to learn it, this dance is elegance itself.

[Philipp68]

she survived till now

[tokyopiglet]

THis is first time I saw the instructor! She is such an elegant madam!!

[VVF96]

Dearie me, now i know where Monthy Python got the inspiration for "Silly Walks".

[noramohammed]

thank you

[domonature]

Viva Bolivia. The lute.

[xXPirateNekoXx]

nice legs (y)

[dlballesteros]

Nice! Thank you!