Thoinot Arbeau (1519 - 1595)
France

France

Thoinot Arbeau is the anagrammatic pen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1519, Dijon - July 23, 1595, Langres). Tabourot is most famous for his Orchésographie, a study of late sixteenth-century French Renaissance social dance.
The manual provides critical information on social ballroom behaviour and on the interaction of musicians and dancers.
Orchésographie is available online in facsimile and in plain text. There is an English translation by Mary Stewart Evans, edited by Juli ... (Read all)
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