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SHAKESPEARE AND MUSIC
Besides the State Pavan, and the Passemezzo Pavan, there is the * Pavane d'Espagne/ which has some similarity to the Canaries.
Arbeau says that some consider the name Canaries to be that of a dance in use in those islands. But he thinks it more likely to have originated in a Ballet in a Mascarade, where the dancers were clad as kings and queens 'de Mauritanie,' as savages, with various coloured feathers. He says it is danced by a gentleman and a lady, from opposite ends of the room, each advancing and then retiring in turn.
The steps and tune are as follows—
Canaries.
- Tappement du pied gauche, causant pied en l'air droit.
- Marque talon droit (right heel).
- Marque pied droit.
- Tappement du pied droit, causant pied en l'air gauche.
