Beauchamp–Feuillet notation

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Beauchamp–Feuillet notation is an early modern system for recording and analyzing dance steps and choreographies, widely used in 17th- and 18th-century European court and theatrical dance.

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instanceOf choreographic notation ⓘ
dance notation system ⓘ
early modern dance notation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beauchamp-Feuillet system ⓘ
Feuillet notation ⓘ
associatedWithGenre ballroom dances of the Baroque era ⓘ
noble style dances ⓘ
theatrical entrées de ballet ⓘ
component indications of dancer orientation ⓘ
indications of musical meter ⓘ
staff-like lines for floor patterns ⓘ
symbols for steps and ornaments ⓘ
developedBy Pierre Beauchamp ⓘ
field dance history ⓘ
musicology ⓘ
performance practice studies ⓘ
firstMajorPublication Chorégraphie, ou l’art de décrire la danse ⓘ
firstMajorPublicationYear 1700 ⓘ
geographicUsage England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
other European courts ⓘ
historicalContext Louis XIV’s court ballet culture ⓘ
influenced later systems of dance notation ⓘ
languageOfOriginalTreatise French ⓘ
laterAdaptations English-language dance collections ⓘ
German-language dance manuals ⓘ
namedAfter Pierre Beauchamp ⓘ
Raoul-Auger Feuillet ⓘ
notationOrientation vertical page layout representing progression through space ⓘ
preserves Baroque dance repertoire ⓘ
primaryFunction analyzing dance movement ⓘ
recording choreographies ⓘ
recording dance steps ⓘ
publishedBy Raoul-Auger Feuillet ⓘ
represents directions of movement ⓘ
floor patterns of dancers ⓘ
footwork ⓘ
step types ⓘ
timing in relation to music ⓘ
requires knowledge of step vocabulary of Baroque dance ⓘ
sourceType primary historical source for Baroque dance reconstruction ⓘ
status standard notation for many 18th-century ballroom dances ⓘ
symbolType abstract signs for steps and ornaments ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
usedIn Baroque dance ⓘ
European court dance ⓘ
theatrical dance ⓘ

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Pierre Beauchamp → contributedTo → Beauchamp–Feuillet notation ⓘ
Raoul-Auger Feuillet → notableFor → Beauchamp–Feuillet notation ⓘ
Raoul-Auger Feuillet → developed → Feuillet dance notation system ⓘ
linked to: Beauchamp–Feuillet notation
Beauchamp–Feuillet notation → alsoKnownAs → Feuillet notation ⓘ
linked to: Beauchamp–Feuillet notation
Beauchamp–Feuillet notation → alsoKnownAs → Beauchamp-Feuillet system ⓘ
linked to: Beauchamp–Feuillet notation