[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[myfanwy at pug.net]

The earliest dance manuals that explain the steps are from 15th century.  We have names of dances and some interpretation on how the steps were potentially done that is earlier, but we are very uncertain.

Myfanwy

On Feb 14, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Randy Shipp wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Laura Young <laura.young.9191 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As far as garb goes, if you were competing I guess you should
>> have late period (=expensive) garb, but at K A&S there were people in early
>> garb, late garb, and a couple of newcomers.
> 
> ----------
> Do we know so little about music and dance from pre-16th century
> Europe that we couldn't mix in dances, either known or "interpreted"
> from earlier centuries?  I certainly don't envision "period dance" as
> being purely a late period thing.
> 
> --Antoine
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