Skip to content
Menu The Creative Contessa
  • Home
  • About
  • Classes & Workshops
  • Services
  • Event Calendar
  • Videos & Tutorials
  • My Courses
    • Medieval/Renaissance Dance Drills & Pilates - Beginner
    • Medieval/Renaissance Dance Drills & Pilates - Intermediate/Advanced
    • 16th Century Dance Course
    • Advance Medieval/Renaissance Fingerloop Braiding Workshop
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Ballroom Dance
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Dance Crash Course
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Fingerloop Braiding Workshop
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Footwork Drills
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval & Renaissance Ballroom Dance
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Crash Course
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Footwork Drills
    • Recorded Zoom Embroidery Class: Korean Silk Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)
    • Cherry Blossom Sip & Stitch Zoom Class Recording
    • Recorded Beginner Solo 20's-30s Charleston - 4-Part Course
  • Patreon
  • Blog
  • Contact
    Cart
    0
    Cart
  • Log in
Account Search Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Classes & Workshops
  • Services
  • Event Calendar
  • Videos & Tutorials
  • My Courses
    • Medieval/Renaissance Dance Drills & Pilates - Beginner
    • Medieval/Renaissance Dance Drills & Pilates - Intermediate/Advanced
    • 16th Century Dance Course
    • Advance Medieval/Renaissance Fingerloop Braiding Workshop
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Ballroom Dance
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Dance Crash Course
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Fingerloop Braiding Workshop
    • Beginner Medieval/Renaissance Footwork Drills
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval & Renaissance Ballroom Dance
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Crash Course
    • Intermediate/Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Footwork Drills
    • Recorded Zoom Embroidery Class: Korean Silk Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)
    • Cherry Blossom Sip & Stitch Zoom Class Recording
    • Recorded Beginner Solo 20's-30s Charleston - 4-Part Course
  • Patreon
  • Blog
  • Contact
Account
Access Denied
IMPORTANT! If you’re a store owner, please make sure you have Customer accounts enabled in your Store Admin, as you have customer based locks set up with EasyLockdown app. Enable Customer Accounts

The Original Line Dances - 16th-Century Silliness!

These days, line dances are very popular at DJed social events, from country to pop to hiphop. But this tradition of people dancing in a line, performing exactly the same steps and moves at the same time, dates back to centuries.

In fact, a 1589 publication entitled "Orchesographie" counts among the earliest sources that clearly describe such dances (clearly enough to actually recreate a reasonable reconstruction of the party fun). Written under the pseudonym of Thoinot Arbeau (an anagram of his real name, Jehan Tabourot), this work is a fun socratic dialogue that delves into not only dance, but the social conventions of courtship in 16th century France and so provides a fascinating window into daily social life of the era.

Some of the dances presented are quite serious, while others do not even pretend to take themselves earnestly. Here is a video tutorial that presents one such silly, simple dance, in which the participants pretend to be washerwomen (and washermen), beating the lice out of their laundry and nagging each in the saucy manner for which these hardworking ladies were so renowned. Enjoy stepping back and through time!

Share
  • Share on Facebook
  • Twitter Share on Twitter
  • Pinterest Pin it

Leave a comment

Back to The Creative Contessa Blog
Older Post
Newer Post
Invalid password
Enter

Sign up and save!

Stay abreast of events and special offers!

  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Tiktok
The Creative Contessa - Join the Club

The Creative Contessa

A place for people to discover the beauty of creativity, including dance, historic fashion, sewing and embroidery, the culinary arts, sustainable living, and medieval & Renaissance life!

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Shop
  • Services
  • Events & Classes
  • Patreon
  • Search
Contact

thecreativecontessa@gmail.com

Social
  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Tiktok
American Express Apple Pay Diners Club Discover Google Pay Mastercard Shop Pay Visa
  • Home
  • About
  • Shop
  • Services
  • Events & Classes
  • Patreon
  • Search
© 2025 The Creative Contessa. Powered by Shopify