Today we learned about Minou dancing, which was the court dance of 17th century France. It was a dance that would inspire ballet dancing and some its characteristics were floating, galloping, patterning and a skipping like movement. In Minou, patterning meant creating shapes between the dancers, such as squares. It had men and women pairings, but no touching or too close encounters with the pairs. Every song had their own set dance and these dances were performed to the king in court.
We also created our little Minou dance to one of the songs from the play, using these characteristics. It was a fun way to discover something about the period, how people might have danced and held themselves. We split the class into two lines and started to created pathways and journeys through the lines which was basically weaving between the other partners. In partners, we also had to create a 16 beat dance movement and we chose the best to add to the dance. I think we could use this dance in the play at some point, as long as we keep rehearsing it.
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