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Baroque dance itself is the origin of Classical Ballet in the 19th and 20th century. The steps have similar or identical names, such as pas coupé or jété, though they are rarely executed in the same way. A typical, notated baroque dance could last anywhere from 30 seconds to six minutes or longer. One baroque step, or sometimes two, would be danced in a bar of music. A phrase, or combination of steps, would correspond to a melody and would be notated on a sheet of paper, called a plate. These plates would make up the entire notated dance. The most famous dance types of the baroque are the bourée, canarie, chaconne, courante, folie, forlane, gavotte, gigue, loure, minuet, passacaille, passepied, rigaudon and sarabande. The minuet, the most popular of these, survived in different forms up until the 19th century. |
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