Monday 24 June 2013

Renaissance Dances and Queen Elizabeth I

The dance and music were undoubtedly among the major aspects of the renaissance age, which are popular in the recent times. Today also, you can see a number of men and women in ren-fests wearing renaissance dresses and performing the dances, which flourished around 500-600 years ago.
We can take the examples of two dance forms that developed in the renaissance age. One of them was Volta, which gained a huge fame when Queen Elizabeth I of England performed it with her friend Robert Dudley. This dance has been depicted in some movies as well. First, it was shown in the popular film named Elizabeth between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley. Then, it could be witnessed in its sequel film Elizabeth: The Golden Age between Elizabeth “Bess” Throckmorton and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Another dance of the renaissance age, which is also widely admired by the people today, is Galliard. According to the records, it was performed by Queen Elizabeth I as an exercise in her mid fifties.

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