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Volta (Vuel-ta) is known as a "Renaissance dance"
(a period in time) which came from Italy
(some say Provence, France) as a peasant dance in the early
16th century and later into Switzerland, then to France
(Volte ) and ending in Germany .
The name Volta means "turning." It is said that the
Italian Volta was first introduced by the "Count
of Sault " to the Paris court in 1556. Later, around
1581,Catherine
De Medici (1518-1589) introduced the Volta to the
French court of Versailles .
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Volta is said to be the first of the Waltzes or the forerunner
of the Waltz when combined
with other round dances. The Girls of Provence danced the
Volta in the Great feast of Bayonne in 1565.
-- The Tordion
(Galliarde )
was used for a few measures to start the Volta. During the Volta,
the man faces his partner instead of standing alongside or opposite
each other (which was very scandalous), and held her very
close. The leader turns his partner around several times and then
helps her take a high Saute Majer (Leap)
into the air (with the skirts shamelessly flying high),
as well as he, at times leaping with her (or just after her.)
The Volta was usually taken with two single steps and a double
step with a hop on the 5th. (5 counts) and was done in 3/4 time.
The name "Volta" means turning or to turn.
With the right foot raised high
in the air, the dancers hopped on the left and turned at a ninety
degree angle, then took a long stride, and another quarter turn
then sprang high in the air again making another quarter turn,
each pattern consisted of three quarter turns and a leap.
-- This dance was claimed shameful
and indecent and the entire dance being filthy. It was reported
that "the Volta brought forth many murders and miscarriages"
(not true) and "should be heavily looked into by local
police." Madame de Valentinois , in the time
of Francis the First , was very fond of this dance,
and while dancing it sang the psalms translated by Clement
Marot .
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Birth Place |
Creation Date |
Creator |
Dance Type |
| Italy |
1556 |
n/a |
Renaissance
dance |
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Posters, Lobby Cards etc. |
Sheet Music Covers |
Various
Music Titles |
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A
Volte Il Cuore (Andrea Bocelli) |
| La
Volta (Byrd) |
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Pace Una Volta |
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Pieces: Volte (Lute - Wedemeier) |
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Polonaise
Volte (1615) |
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La
Volta |
Questa
Volta (Yardbirds) |
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Te
L'Ho Detto Tante Volte |
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Volte |
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Volte II |
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Volte
VI (Polak) |
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| Courts/Clubs
etc. |
Theaters |
Locations |
| 1565
- Great Bayonne Feast |
n/a |
French
Court |
| 1596
- Montipellier Carnival |
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Italy |
| 1807
- Zum Sperl |
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Penshurst
Place, Kent |
| 1808
- Apollo |
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Versailles |
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Films / Movies |
Television |
Ballets / Stage |
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Shakespeare (Duke) |
| Terpsichore |
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Elizabeth |
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Publications |
| The
Sword and the Rose |
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Dancers, Choreographers etc. |
Political |
| Catherine
De Medici (1518-1589) |
Catherine
De Medici (1518-1589) |
| Desrat,
Master |
Duke
of Bourbon (shkspr) |
| Girls
of Provence (1565) |
Earl
of Leicester |
| Glynis
Johns |
Elizabeth
I (1533-1603) |
| Valentinois,
Madame de (1499-1566) (aka: Diane de Poiters) |
Francis
I (1540) |
| Henry
II (r.1547-1559) |
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Henry
III (1551-1589) |
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James
I & IV (1566-1625) |
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Louis
XIII (1601-1643) |
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Mary
Stuart (1542-1587) |
Books, Magazine Articles on the dance... |
| Title |
Author |
Date
Published |
Publisher |
| Dialogues
de la danse |
The
Canon of Langres |
1588 |
n/a |
| Orchesography |
Arbeau, Thoinot |
1588 |
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| World
History Of The Dance |
Sachs,
Curt |
1937 |
Norton
& Company |
| Dance
Encyclopedia |
Chujoy,
Anatole |
1949 |
A.S.
Barnes |
| Down
Memory Lane |
Murray,
Arthur |
1954 |
Greenberg |
Musicians |
Artists |
Poets / Writers |
| Bach,
Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) |
De
Bry, Theodore |
Bouchet,
Guillaume (1736-1806) |
| Florentine
Academy Chests |
| Byrd,
William (1543-1623) |
Viscount
De L'Isle |
Clemont
Marot (1496-1544) |
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Pierre
de Bourdeille - (Brantôme) (1540-1614) |
| Corelli |
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| Handel,
George Frideric (1685-1759) |
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William
Shakespeare (1564-1616) |
| Haydn,
Johann Michael (1737-1806) |
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| Clemont
Marot (1496-1544) |
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| Polak,
Jacob (c.1545-1605) |
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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches |
| Aristocracy |
French
Court |
Skakac (polish) |
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Masters |
Medicis |
Sokti (Lithuanian) |
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| Girdles
& Pantalets |
Renaissance
dance |
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