The Library of Congress on line has some video demonstrations of various
early dances:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/divideos.html
I believe they also have period manuals of dance instruction.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
On 7/12/09 11:09 AM, "howard posner" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Jul 11, 2009, at 5:43 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Chris and Howard - I like your answers. I must admit that my
>> curiosity will not be sufficient to motivate me to learn the dance
>
> You can get a basic sense of the scissoring kick-kick-kick-pause or
> jump from these:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IccBbE022IY&feature=related
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IccBbE022IY&feature=related
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkOFeecoFA&feature=related
>
> Note that the basic tempo can be affected by how high the legs go.
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