The art of dancing in seventeenth-century Spain

By Juan De Esquivel Navarro, Lynn Matluck Brooks

Subjects: c 1600 to c 1700, History, History of specific subjects, Dance, Theater - General, Dance, spain, Dance - General, Esquivel Navarro, Juan de,, Spain, 17th cent., Folk dancing, Performing Arts, Discursos sobre el arte del dancado, 17th century, Dance, history, Discursos sobre el arte del danðcado, Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries, Esquivel Navarro, Juan de

Description: "The only known published book on dancing that dates from the seventeenth century in Spain appeared in Seville in 1642: Juan de Esquivel Navarro's treatise titled Discursos sobre el arte del danzado. This text is a valuable source of study for the distinctive features that mark Spanish texts, culture, and history. The Art of Dancing in Seventeenth-Century Spain includes a transcription of the Spanish text, a translation of that text into English, and extensive commentary that contextualizes the dancing in light of European, particularly Spanish, dance, society, culture, and history."--BOOK JACKET.