dance masters
Teachers of choreography
Dance masters are professional teachers of dance, particularly associated with formal social dancing from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.
They instructed nobility and upper classes in the steps and etiquette required for balls and court functions.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts or for instructors of traditional dance forms: The dance masters of Louis XIV's court codified ballet positions.
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- rhythm trainingTeaching temporal musical patterns
- counting beatsTracking rhythm units
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improvisation · posture correction · white gloves · social graces · ballroom · cotillion · private lessons · apprenticeship
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