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Abregée des Principes de la Dance tirée des meilleurs Maîtres de l'Art (Bonnefond, Wolfenbüttel 1705)
Publisher: Hugues Bonnefond, Maître de Dance de la Cour & de l'Académie Ducale de Wolfenbüttel / printed "chez les Sieurs Bonnefond et La Machet", 1705. Source: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (WDB scan, 1705-Bonneford-Abregee_(WDB).txt, 352 lines). French-German bilingual Baroque dance treatise by the dance master of the Wolfenbüttel Ducal Academy; French original with a German translation prepared by the author's 12-13-year-old eldest son and presented on facing pages. Content: 10 Positions (5 bonnes + 5 fausses) per the Académie Royale de Paris tradition (est. 1662) and Feuillet's Chorégraphie (1699, 3 editions by 1705); demi-positions; Pas simples et composés; references to Pecour's 1704 ballet-entrée Recueil ("tant pour homme que pour femme, gravées en 1704") as the canonical repertory of the Ducal Academy. Historical significance: first German-ducal-court Baroque dance treatise in the Feuillet lineage, preceding Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (1717) by a dozen years, and confirming the spread of the Académie Royale / Beauchamp-Feuillet pedagogical system from Paris to the Wolfenbüttel Ducal court by 1705. Bonnefond names Monsieur de Beauchan as the inventor of the characters, figures, and lines; acknowledges Feuillet as the publisher of Chorégraphie in 1699; and cites Pecour as the principal choreographer of the Paris ballet-entrée canon. Not yet a step-detail syllabus — prose descriptions of positions with diagrams for A/B foot-letter indications; Step_Coverage=None.Year: 1705Family: bonnefondCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Hugues Bonnefond, Maître de Dance de la Cour & de l'Académie Ducale de Wolfenbüttel / printed "chez les Sieurs Bonnefond et La Machet", 1705. Source: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (WDB scan, 1705-Bonneford-Abregee_(WDB).txt, 352 lines). French-German bilingual Baroque dance treatise by the dance master of the Wolfenbüttel Ducal Academy; French original with a German translation prepared by the author's 12-13-year-old eldest son and presented on facing pages. Content: 10 Positions (5 bonnes + 5 fausses) per the Académie Royale de Paris tradition (est. 1662) and Feuillet's Chorégraphie (1699, 3 editions by 1705); demi-positions; Pas simples et composés; references to Pecour's 1704 ballet-entrée Recueil ("tant pour homme que pour femme, gravées en 1704") as the canonical repertory of the Ducal Academy. Historical significance: first German-ducal-court Baroque dance treatise in the Feuillet lineage, preceding Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister (1717) by a dozen years, and confirming the spread of the Académie Royale / Beauchamp-Feuillet pedagogical system from Paris to the Wolfenbüttel Ducal court by 1705. Bonnefond names Monsieur de Beauchan as the inventor of the characters, figures, and lines; acknowledges Feuillet as the publisher of Chorégraphie in 1699; and cites Pecour as the principal choreographer of the Paris ballet-entrée canon. Not yet a step-detail syllabus — prose descriptions of positions with diagrams for A/B foot-letter indications; Step_Coverage=None. (1705). Imported from local collection.