Dances

Renaissance dancing is my favorite form of exercise. It has so many things I love - music, dancing, costumes (sometimes), and socializing with friends. We study different dances from the Renaissance, from stately almans to lively English country dances. Some of the dances we know are listed here (titles are spelled by period rules):

Almans

Black Alman 

Queens Alman

 Lorayne Alman

Bransles (pronounced brawls)

Maltese (Bransle de Malte)

Montarde

Italian Balli

Amoroso

Gelosia

Petit Vriens

 

English Country 

(from The English Dancing Master by John Playford)
Argeers

 Black Nag

Chestnut, or Doves Figary

Cuckolds all in a row

Gathering Peascods

Grimstock

Halfe Hanikin

Hearts Ease

Hide Parke

Jenny pluck Pares

Mage on a cree

New Boe peepe

Parsons farwell

Picking of sticks

Rufty, tufty

Scotch Cap

Sellingers Round

Upon a Summers day

Whirligig

Progression Dances

 Hole in the wall

Le Bens Distonys