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Name
  
Pierre Rameau

Role
  
Author

Pierre Rameau
Died
  
January 26, 1748, Nanterre, France

Books
  
Le Maitre a Danser, The Dancing Master

Minuet from pierre rameau s book maitre a danser 1725


Pierre Rameau (1674 – 26 January 1748), was the French dancing master to Elisabetta Farnese, and the author of two books that now provide us with valuable information about Baroque dance.

Rameau's first book, Le Maitre a Danser (1725, Paris), was a dance manual giving instruction on formal ballroom dancing in the French style. The first part covers posture, reverences, steps, and the ballroom minuet, while the second part is concerned entirely with the use of the arms. His second book, Abbrege de la Nouvelle Methode (c1725, Paris), described a modified version of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation and included several choreographies by Pecour in the new notation. While Rameau's notation was not generally adopted, his information about the shortcomings of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation provides dance historians with clarifications about the execution of the steps.

References

Pierre Rameau Wikipedia