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passepied

Old French dance in triple time (3/4), less strict than a minuet, featured in classical opera and the French suite.
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Then, the dancers will return for the brief remaining sections: Courante, Gavotte, Forlane, Menuett, Bourree and Passepied.
Music in motion by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Highlights of the program, which was accompanied onstage by fumes Richman's excellent Concert Royal ensemble, were the opening "Dances of the Court," which showed popular dance forms of the period (minuet passepied, rigaudon, allemande), and the subsequent "Danses Nobles," a more formal presentation of dances created for theatrical performances.
New York Baroque Dance Company by Sulcas, Roslyn / Dance Magazine
 
 
 
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