Court dancers basically referred to the
dances of the upper classes such as Kings, Queens, Dukes, Duchesses
etc. The court dances or dance's of court were many and varied
(see dance list below) and were sometimes called 'Stately
Dances or Society Dances'. In the early court dances the Pantomime
played a major part of these dances and by 1550, the pantomime
was all but forgotten.
The Basse
dances or court dances were the start of the "Society
Dance's" over time to the present.
