DOI: 10.11647/obp.0314.16 ISSN:
16. New Perspectives on the Minuet Step
Egil Bakka, Elizabeth Svarstad, Siri MælandThe chapter discusses how the knowledge about the Nordic folk minuet may give a broader basis for interpreting the historical sources regarding the basic French eighteenth-century minuet step. The knowledge of how the minuet is being danced in Nordic tradition, found in the Nordic Folk Minuet as well as at Danish Royal Ballet will cast new light on the minuet step described in earlier centuries. In particular, the chapter addresses the importance of understanding the mechanics of locomotion in terms of vertical movements while analysing the minuet.