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Kent, Ann and Paul. "The Nyne Muses - A Workshop. A realisation of the dance entitled The nyne muses."

Kent, Ann and Paul. "The Nyne Muses - A Workshop. A realisation of the dance entitled The nyne muses." In Terpsichore and her Sisters: The Relationship between Dance and other Arts [Proceedings of the Early Dance Circle Conference held on 8-10 April 2016], edited by Georgina Boyes, 17-20. Cambridge: Early Dance Circle, 2017.

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Abstract:
This workshop was designed to illustrate how the performance of a dance may be affected by the choice of steps and music chosen for a given choreography. Before the 18th century there exist many dance choreographies which have no specified music. To reconstruct these dances music must either be newly composed, or selected from contemporary sources. For consideration, the dance entitled The nyne muses was chosen. This is found in the earliest of the Inns of Court manuscripts, MS Rawlinson Poet. 108, a commonplace notebook of poems, songs, and other items. It was owned by Elinor Gunter, whose brother Edward was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in February 1563. It has been dated around 1570. It contains a collection of social dances, measures and almaines, and finishes with two figured dances, the Coranto Dyspayne, and The nyne muses.


Year of publication: 2017

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