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Domenica da Piacenza
Italian dancing master
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writings on social dance
- In Western dance: Court dances and spectacles
…master known by name was Domenico da Piacenza, who in 1416 published the first European dance manual, De arte saltandi et choreas ducendi (“On the Art of Dancing and Directing Choruses”). His disciple, Antonio Cornazano, a nobleman by birth, became an immensely respected minister, educator of princes, court poet, and…
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