Abromeit, Klaus. "Balli di Sfessania: An Inspiring Document of Italian Stage Dance from the First Half of the 17th Century."

Abromeit, Klaus. "Balli di Sfessania: An Inspiring Document of Italian Stage Dance from the First Half of the 17th Century." In Retrieving & Reconstructing the Past through Dance [Proceedings of the Early Dance Circle Conference held on 6-8 May 2022], edited by Barbara Segal and Alena Shmakova, 79-82. Cambridge: Early Dance Circle, 2023.


Abstract:
Callot’s ‘Balli di Sfessania’ are much more than a grotesque panopticum. He documented the delicate movement of Italian stage dance in each detail. The workshop ‘Copy Callot’ and this paper discuss the Italian ‘sense of line’ on the basic of regular baroque and renaissance steps.