pavan
Slow court dance
A pavan is a slow, stately court dance of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, performed by couples in elaborate dress.
The music for such a dance follows a similar dignified tempo and duple meter.
Pavans were often paired with livelier dances like the galliard.
Also spelled pavane.
Refined and dignified
- statelyGrand and imposing
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
slow · dignified · couples · ceremonial · Tudor · Elizabethan · measured · gliding
Arranged elements forming whole
- slowLacking in speed
- tempoRate of musical performance
- dupleConsisting of two
- meterDevice that measures usage
Ravel · harpsichord · lute · orchestral · baroque · Renaissance · movement · suite
courtly
Refined and dignified
- statelyGrand and imposing
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
ballroom · slow · dignified · couples · ceremonial · Tudor · Elizabethan · measured · gliding · formal
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
Ravel · meter · harpsichord · lute · orchestral · baroque · Renaissance · movement · suite · elegant
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- SanskritAncient Indo-Aryan language
- HindiIndia's official language
breath · gentle · cooling · monsoon · fan · ventilation · zephyr · refreshing · movement · atmospheric
pavanjig
Spirited folk dance
hoedown · barn dance · folk dance · square dance · clog dance
pavanjig
Spirited folk dance
reel · hornpipe · country dance · folk dance · peasant dance