Can anyone name dance 2?
Recent TV broadcast about Elizabeth 1st - Shadow in the Sun - still on iPlayer. Shadow in the Sun - Involved a dance/ball about halfway through.
One was part of a dance I have tried at a ceilidh involved the man with hands on the woman's waist (polite version) lifting her, much aided by her springing at the same time, and twisting 180 degrees or more. Pivoted from the perspective of the man's position. That dance is call "La Volta".
The other has been harder to name, it starts with a sedate walk, side by side. It had a signature move that involved unfamiliar stepping, viz kicking feet to the front, straight legged, on the spot. One leg then the other fairly rapidly maybe 6 - 9 inches, such that both feet are off the ground at some point. Both partners. Any ideas on naming this dance &/or move?
On a website about a 16c book Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau - the illustration greve gaulche could be half of the stepping. It might translate to "Gallic strike" (or spacer even) though Goggle hasn't mastered medieval dance nomenclature.
The translation for branle certainly raises a smile, if out of context. Naughty Mr Goggle!
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