Letter of Dance - Volume 3 (Issues 17-24)

Chapter 1: Fifteenth-Century Italy

• Italian Balli of the 15th Century
• Book Review: Fifteenth-Century Dance and Music
• Mercanzia and Sobria - Two 15th C. Italian balli by Domenico da Piacenza
• Anello
• Book Review: On the Practice or Art of Dancing
• CD Review: Mesura et Arte del Danzare

Chapter 2: Sixteenth-Century Italy

• Bassa Ducale
• Gloria d'Amore: A Reconstruction
• Review: Music and Dance in "Le Gratie d'Amore"
• Il Canario: The Canary of Cesare Negri with its Variations
• Dolce Amoroso Fiamma (Sweet Amorous Flame)
• O Spagnoletta, O Cascarda, or, A Word Concerning Similarities
• Spagnoletto, Spagnoletta, Fa, La La, La La,
• Letter: Ancora e molto del Saltarello: yet another option!
• Letter: "Peacocking"

Chapter 3: England

• Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford
• If All the World Were Paper
• Sellenger's Oval, or The End of the World (As We Know It)
• Twt Hill
• Letter: The Double Hey
• The Lorayne Alman
• Letter: Sidings
• Letter: Hole in the Wall
• John Playford, a Brief Biography
• Letter: Set and Turn: to face or not to face? (revisited)

Chapter 4: France

• Stepping on Our Toes: Some Background on Branles
• Basic Brawling Techniques
• Never again Pinagay:

Chapter 5: No particular Country

• Dancing Mania
• An Overview to Abbrevatures in Period
• Stepping on Our Toes: Garb
• Stepping on Our Toes: Performance Tips
• Stepping on Our Toes: Reconstruction
• Report: Limited Repertoire at Pennsic
• The Case of the Gavotte

Chapter 6: Renaissance Dance Discography

• Renaissance Dance Discography

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