Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing

Raoul-Auger Feuillet's seminal work, 'Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing,' is a fundamental text in the study of Baroque dance, describing the art form with meticulous attention to detail and a scientific approach to movement. Feuillet's treatise, with its rich literary style, places the reader directly into the context of 17th-century dance, offering an extraordinary lens into the period's aes...