How to Dance Through Time: The Elegance of Baroque | A preview

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    The fourth volume of the How to Dance Through Time series teaches the famously patterned dance steps from the French Baroque courts and countryside. These forms are the precursor to ballet and ballroom dance. Learn the Minuet, danced as a romantic courtship ritual, and the intricate Allemande, known for its kaleidoscope of handholds. Next, take a respite from the more formal steps and try the Contradance (Country Dance), an easy line dance that let dancers frolic at the end of Baroque period balls. Follow Carol Téten's Dance Through Time company as they recreate the most influential social dances of the French Baroque Court. The most famous of 18th century dances, the Minuet's patterned steps are delineated on the dance floor for clear viewing. The Allemande's complex and picturesque series of handholds are carefully depicted, and viewers learn of this dance's role in the transition dancing separately to dancing together in an embrace. Eight dancers demonstrate the Contradance's (Country Dance) recognizable line dance pattern. The video also illustrates French Baroque culture through dance, such as how courtiers learned the townspeople's dances on official visits to the countryside, brought the steps back with them to the courts, and incorporated various changes.
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  • @noelt8895
    @noelt8895 5 років тому +31

    How can such elegant music, dance and costume be paired with such a grating, coarse and ear-inflicting commentary?!

    • @domo_5943
      @domo_5943 5 років тому +7

      Neil Follett i got her dvd and it is poison to the ears.

    • @RobFSwitch
      @RobFSwitch 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂

  • @beckyboo5097
    @beckyboo5097 2 роки тому +15

    Without a shadow of doubt in my mind I was around in the baroque period. Love everything about it!! The clothes are stunning the music is beautiful and the dancing is more refined 😆❤️

  • @yaelrar.4460
    @yaelrar.4460 5 років тому +75

    Love this. Love anyone who keeps this aspect of culture alive.

  • @greenland5313
    @greenland5313 3 роки тому +7

    I love how the camera angles are from above and from a regular perspective. That makes it easier to see how things look.

  • @PilgrimofMatter
    @PilgrimofMatter 12 років тому +47

    @LutzDerLurch
    My observation is that such costumes are usually not as accurate at they could be. Historic costumes require research and considerably more preparation than theatrical costumes. They are also a bit pricey. My efforts to make a historic costume from the 18th century have taught me this.

  • @hurluby
    @hurluby 12 років тому +39

    She's saying "floo-oo-ray," which is to say "fleuret," one of the names of the pas de bourrée.

  • @malory6312
    @malory6312 2 роки тому +2

    As a ballet dancer, some of these moves are still used in modern times just evolved.

  • @emilyrln
    @emilyrln 9 місяців тому

    Omg I'm writing an 18th century romance novel and this is EXACTLY what I need for the ballroom scene where the two leads dance! THANK YOU!!! (I may have to shove the time period forward to take advantage of some of those later dances…😚)

  • @paulaharrisbaca4851
    @paulaharrisbaca4851 2 роки тому

    That is where that came from!!! My parents loved square dancing and "allemagne left" was something I heard the caller say....

  • @DancetimePublication
    @DancetimePublication  13 років тому +5

    La Bonne Amité
    Published in
    Recueil De Contredances by Raoul Auger Feuillet
    the dance and music come from the same source.
    Thanks for visiting! :)

  • @bobduvar
    @bobduvar 12 років тому +17

    I saw on French tv that all theses costumes were very uncomfortable to wear.
    Last year i saw it about Versailles documentary and many characters wore it and they said they couldn't stand all these costumes....

    • @y3rmania
      @y3rmania 4 роки тому +9

      It's because we are NOW used to putting on less clothing. Back in the day they were probably as comfortable as they could be.

    • @oopsgingermoment
      @oopsgingermoment 3 роки тому +2

      I’ve heard the opposite from folks who work as interpreters at Colonial Williamsburg. I think a lot hangs on fabric and ornamentations and the time of year.

  • @FiorelysCinderella
    @FiorelysCinderella 13 років тому +4

    mon époque préféré, c'est génial, et la musique parfaite

  • @catholicdoula
    @catholicdoula 2 місяці тому

    I like the contredance - more please.

  • @cherianderson3577
    @cherianderson3577 2 роки тому

    Top ten dance crazes of the 70’s

  • @michaelslaughter1264
    @michaelslaughter1264 7 років тому +46

    god we really were fancy bird

  • @angelcitygirl
    @angelcitygirl 5 років тому +3

    Thank you so much! Your videos are so helpful in my research.

  • @biianchetto
    @biianchetto 6 років тому +1

    I was yet confused at the first step 😱, but I like it, it's so cute!

  • @Conn30Mtenor
    @Conn30Mtenor 3 роки тому

    This looks like great fun.

  • @JH-fr3go
    @JH-fr3go 7 років тому +2

    thank you.i learnt alot.

  • @танц.клубПируэтАсбест

    beautifully!!!

  • @reinilla
    @reinilla 6 років тому +4

    I have question in that time how the guests knew the dances?

    • @yasssbitch3999
      @yasssbitch3999 6 років тому +2

      They were cultural dances. Just like today, in many places people go to parties and dance popular dances that everyone knows. Back then, these dances were the popular and cultural ones that one would know already.

  • @mariaisabelsosa
    @mariaisabelsosa 12 років тому +1

    Hermoso, muy ilustrativo. La ropa y el calzado espléndidos
    .

  • @LazlosPlane
    @LazlosPlane 9 років тому +3

    What was the time signature of that Minuet? It seemed awfully fast, almost a gigue.

    • @kaoru1998
      @kaoru1998 7 років тому +1

      It's in 3/4. Three beats to the bar.

  • @teresaw6437
    @teresaw6437 2 роки тому

    this is gold!!!

  • @skipperbonus
    @skipperbonus 12 років тому +3

    this is great! TY

  • @Davmm96
    @Davmm96 8 років тому +66

    Gosh, that heavy accent on the steps name: "Flouhouré"... Those americans..

    • @evelyn9219
      @evelyn9219 8 років тому +9

      It's always funny watching foreigners try to pronounce American English :)

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 6 років тому

      Daymn yankees!

    • @noelt8895
      @noelt8895 5 років тому +4

      @@evelyn9219 Almost as much fun as watching Americans trying to pronounce English.

    • @thomashughes4859
      @thomashughes4859 5 років тому +1

      @@noelt8895 HAHAHAHAAAAA!!! That's funny right there; I don't care who you are ...

    • @dimmingrays1
      @dimmingrays1 5 років тому +1

      Neil Follett I am certain you are referring to the "Queen's English" , which most of English people who did not go to "public schools- another bizarre way of naming private schools!" Cannot fathom to speak!
      Let us just say that American English is a mercy to the ears compared to your "average" Englishman' speak!
      Yes we do have an accent, but we saved your butt in WW2 and the Falklands, remember?

  • @vezia9494
    @vezia9494 3 роки тому +5

    So, what you're telling me is that we used to have a mating dance-

  • @lalrinnghetisonset9072
    @lalrinnghetisonset9072 2 роки тому

    This is so ❤️❤️❤️i love history

  • @andrabarcan8573
    @andrabarcan8573 5 років тому +2

    They look so innocent and romantic 💕

  • @BECERRAPACHECO
    @BECERRAPACHECO 13 років тому +5

    :) i love it........... hi from colombia :)

  • @mojosbigsticks
    @mojosbigsticks 6 років тому +8

    Love the long dress, hides a multitude of mis-steps!

  • @thekingshussar1808
    @thekingshussar1808 6 років тому

    What's the violin and piano music for the "Allemande"?

  • @robertfogelberg7538
    @robertfogelberg7538 4 роки тому

    Super weldone

  • @LeSymposie
    @LeSymposie 13 років тому

    meravigliosi!!! how can i have one of that beautiful dresses??

  • @Akatowari070180
    @Akatowari070180 13 років тому +1

    Love it !!!

  • @mellowmorgan
    @mellowmorgan 12 років тому

    what is she saying after demi-coupe on the minuet steps part?

  • @LutzDerLurch
    @LutzDerLurch 12 років тому

    @kolobite True. But by know there are Plenty of Books out there with Pictures and Patterns of Originals. Even if you do not stick to the techniques and Materials, and such, there is, today, hardly any Excuse for getting the Overall Impression quite Wrong. At least, you can tray to replicate the Look of the Clothing someone wears on a Portrait.

  • @marie6200
    @marie6200 6 років тому

    Thanks

  • @marie-armelle458
    @marie-armelle458 12 років тому

    c'est très passionnant. merci beaucoup

  • @name_not_important7757
    @name_not_important7757 5 років тому

    Harmony?

  • @bradleywilkinson1808
    @bradleywilkinson1808 12 років тому

    Where is it?

  • @fabi3209
    @fabi3209 8 років тому +2

    Yep, watch me fail all of these dances. I'll be just watching in the corner over there. :D

  • @kieran196
    @kieran196 13 років тому

    @jennifer23ish If you look at that men of high staus wore from the 16th-18th centuries silks,lace,jewels they had it all!

  • @vladimirpechanec7692
    @vladimirpechanec7692 10 років тому +5

    As this is french national cultural heritage, why are these programs not French-made ?

    • @rainman3377
      @rainman3377 9 років тому +6

      Because the people of quality were killed during the reign of terror. Without the Bourbon family France is only half of it's self.

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 8 років тому +6

      +Vladimir Pechanec They exist. Do you understand french?

  • @irinalemos
    @irinalemos 6 років тому +2

    This is rococo clothing and pics

  • @michellajustmichaella
    @michellajustmichaella 4 роки тому +1

    I...
    I couldn't help it, sorry-
    3:07 AngelicaAaAa... ElizaAaAa... AnD PeGgY!

  • @barondeficit1081
    @barondeficit1081 2 роки тому

    1:43 Wait, is that Marie Antoinette

  • @Shadow1606
    @Shadow1606 3 роки тому

    ¿En serio UA-cam recomienda esto después de 11 años?

  • @Swmueller751
    @Swmueller751 13 років тому

    What's the name of the "allemand"? :)

  • @NUSORCA
    @NUSORCA 5 місяців тому

    They danced their way to the guillotine

  • @LutzDerLurch
    @LutzDerLurch 12 років тому +4

    @jennifer23ish still, the Costumes here are quite ugly and not well recreated.

  • @ashmaz4811
    @ashmaz4811 5 років тому +1

    ba-rowk. Its Ba-rock

  • @ztrek1000
    @ztrek1000 12 років тому

    Je suis d'accord avec Madamoiselle Fiorleyscinderella.

  • @池亀美和子
    @池亀美和子 3 роки тому

    0:23メヌエット

  • @somethinggtwo
    @somethinggtwo 5 років тому

    One thing- I'm not sure men danced with their hats on

  • @user-cd2xo7gm3t
    @user-cd2xo7gm3t 4 роки тому +1

    Helloo Grade 9 students

  • @hereisahuman5977
    @hereisahuman5977 4 роки тому

    I think some of this ended up in swing dancing

  • @doneyhon4227
    @doneyhon4227 8 років тому +38

    Then americans invented the disco... lol

    • @evelyn9219
      @evelyn9219 8 років тому +1

      And jazz :)

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 8 років тому +1

      Rose Six Jazz... It seems to be a franco-american thing.

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 8 років тому

      Rose Six Not at all. It's one of the first international music. It started to be true Jazz in New Orleans and St Louis. They mixed the Biguine and the Quadrille from the French Caribean Islands with the American Blues. It developped at the same time in New Orleans and the French Caribeans. Then it came to Paris by 1918 and created its own branches: French Jazz, Jazz Manouche, Jazz Toulousain, etc. Why do you think a lot of jazzmen were singing in french like Louis Amstrong?

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 8 років тому

      Rose Six That's not what I was saying. I was just saying that it was a more a franco-american music than an americano-american music, since it's a mix of french and american music and it developped in American and in France at the very same time. That's it.

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 8 років тому

      Rose Six You should read again because it seems that you didn't get what was your country at the time. First sentence: "American musicians, historians, critics and listeners alike take pride in jazz, birthed in multicultural New Orleans.", I continue: "Also among the Africans and people from the Caribbean were Europeans. Scottish, English, Irish, French, Spanish and Italians made distinct contributions to the New Orleans melting pot." Plus this article is very focused on the US. If read you a european article, it starts with French influences at the very first line. But I do agree with you. Let's make love, not war... only if you are a girl! lol

  • @jonelynerejer2637
    @jonelynerejer2637 11 років тому +1

    di ku getz

  • @newyorkshitty3026
    @newyorkshitty3026 4 роки тому +1

    2:25 Her dress looks too flat please put on some petticoats.

    • @dancingcat87
      @dancingcat87 4 роки тому +2

      New York Shitty the style of petticoats during baroque period is flat . Full ones came into existence later.

    • @oopsgingermoment
      @oopsgingermoment 3 роки тому +1

      The 18th century doesn’t remain stagnant with fashion. Bodice and skirt shapes change practically by the decade. What that lady is wearing is perfectly fine for interpreting the 1740s-1750s’ heavy use of panniers at court.

  • @ruguoserliegise2716
    @ruguoserliegise2716 5 років тому +2

    Tony Stark is dead

    • @ariefhf
      @ariefhf 5 років тому +1

      This is so random lol

  • @domo_5943
    @domo_5943 5 років тому

    I got their Dvd through the library. The commentary is poison to the ears to say the least. The intentional over exageration of the pronounciation of the french terms is awful, and not cool at all like this woman thinks it is/was. Also, the costumes are an eye sore, particularly the footwear of the dancers. They seem very hastily made, just to get through with the video. Someone could have perfectly invested a little time in research the cut of the clothes to better channel the Baroque and 18th century feeling. Also, I have found some errors in her information regarding the political and dance comments she makes during the video. I would rate it a 2 or 3 star. Take the commentary with a grain of salt and just focus on the dancing. Do your own research as well.

  • @jennifer23ish
    @jennifer23ish 13 років тому +1

    men sure dressed fem in those days !!!

    • @yaelrar.4460
      @yaelrar.4460 5 років тому +1

      The more detail and flourishes the more it meant you were successful, powerful, important. It was intentional.

    • @somethinggtwo
      @somethinggtwo 5 років тому +2

      It's only "feminine" from your odd, narrow-minded modern perspective.

  • @LutzDerLurch
    @LutzDerLurch 8 років тому +5

    UGH...the costumes are GHASTLY!

    • @allisonforfornsed
      @allisonforfornsed 6 років тому +3

      LOL! I was just thinking how beautiful they were. Although I've never been crazy about the wigs.

  • @achanneltowatch38372
    @achanneltowatch38372 5 років тому

    I hate dresses amd all that fansy stuff

  • @NelsonClick
    @NelsonClick 8 років тому +23

    I would like to remind piano players who like me grew up playing and enjoying baroque suites and minuets that the purpose of all that music was secondary to the dance; which was the real focus - not the music. I didn't put the two together for decades till I started to wonder why is there so much easy-to-play piano music produced from that period. I'm a musician not a dancer and I must confess that when I realized this fact my love for Baroque music decayed. It was dance music of the period and not great expressive art. It is the equivalent of the pop music we dance to today. Imagine a Bach Baroque Suite with "Hit Me Baby One More Time". It was designed for the same purpose; get a girl or a guy.

    • @nagbalala6564
      @nagbalala6564 8 років тому

      good point ! ^^

    • @kaoru1998
      @kaoru1998 7 років тому +6

      If you took college level music history classes and college level music theory classes, AND taken from a conservatory level teacher, you would find out that you are VERY wrong that they are not expressive art. Don't even TRY to compare baroque music to that crap called "Hit me baby one more time." THAT is NOT GOOD MUSIC. Any serious trained musician can tell the difference between music that is art and junk that claims to be art. Yes, the dances were meant to be danced to. However, the musicians writing those dances were TRAINED and were NOT stupid self taught idiots who only knew a couple simple chords. If you think most pop "musicians" today are highly trained you are quite wrong. Some of them are, and Lady Gaga is one of them, for example. She was a trained classical pianist first.
      If you had to take a couple decades to figure out that the stuff you were learning was originally for dancing to, that means you didn't have decent teachers who taught you where that music came from, what it was intended for, and how to correctly play it in a musical manner. And no, NONE of that music is as simple as you think it is. There is a right way and a wrong way to play ALL of it, and if you do not understand the style of the composer who wrote the piece you are playing, the time period in which it was written in, and how the dance is supposed to be played, you would butcher it, and it would sound terrible. While that music may have been danced to, it also was listened to in the parlors of homes where people had the means to own a piano and learn to play.
      Just remember that without classical music, pop music would not exist.
      This is coming from a person with a BM in music performance.

    • @EvgeniyDolzhenko
      @EvgeniyDolzhenko 6 років тому +2

      In fact can you name a nobler purpose than getting a girl or a guy?

    • @Mosil0
      @Mosil0 5 років тому +5

      Not at all. Late baroque suites (the stuff that's most commonly played today) were intended for listening, not dancing. Imagine trying to dance to a Bach cello suite: it's too rhythmically ambiguous and complicated, unless you're familiar with the music in advance.

    • @conner017_5
      @conner017_5 5 років тому

      Kaoru NO one is gonna read this

  • @ludwiksudawski928
    @ludwiksudawski928 7 років тому +2

    This movie is a nightmare!
    Terrible costumes, it is kitsch!

  • @achanneltowatch38372
    @achanneltowatch38372 5 років тому

    The dresses are so big and ugly