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Couto, Clara Rodrigues. "Ballet in Writing: Precepts and Rules of Composition for Court Ballets in France under the Ancien Régime (1581-1682)."

Couto, Clara Rodrigues. "Ballet in Writing: Precepts and Rules of Composition for Court Ballets in France under the Ancien Régime (1581-1682)." Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença / Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies 12, no. 1 (2022)

URL: https://www.scielo.br/j/rbep/a/zhyBHKByYPykqx3NSVn4hYS/?format=pdf&lang=en (Open Access)


Abstract:
This article seeks to understand the theoretical formulations that throughout the 17th century systematized court ballet as an art, a term defined at the time as a set of precepts and rules. After a brief discussion about the first dance manuals produced in modern Europe, we analyze the treatises, discourses and librettos that addressed ballet composition. From the works of Beaujoyeulx, Saint-Hubert, Marolles, De Pure and Ménestrier, among others, it is possible to appreciate the erudite principles and precepts that guided the practice of ballet composition in France under the Ancien Régime, as well as the inclusion of dance and ballet in the domain of written production and literate culture.

Résumé:
Cet article cherche à comprendre les formulations théoriques qui, tout au long du XVIIe siècle, ont systématisé le ballet de cour comme un art, terme compris à l'époque comme un ensemble de préceptes et de règles. Pour cela, nous avons récupéré les premiers manuels de danse écrits en Europe moderne pour ensuite analyser les traités, discours et livrets qui portaient sur la composition des ballets. A partir des œuvres de Beaujoyeulx, Saint-Hubert, Marolles, De Pure et Ménestrier, entre autres, il serait possible de comprendre les principes et préceptes qui ont guidé la pratique de composition du ballet en France sous l'Ancien Régime, ainsi que l'insertion de la danse et du ballet dans le domaine de la culture savante.

Year of publication: 2022

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