Raoul Auger (or Anger) Feuillet (c.1660–1710) was a French dance notator, publisher and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who c ...

most well-known today for his ''Chorégraphie, ou l'art de décrire la danse'' (Paris, 1700) which described

Beauchamp–Feuillet notation Beauchamp–Feuillet notation is a system of dance notation used in Baroque dance. The notation was commissioned by Louis XIV (who had founded the Académie Royale de Danse in 1661), and devised in the 1680s by Pierre Beauchamp. The notatio ...

, and his subsequent collections of ballroom and theatrical dances, which included his own choreographies as well as those of Pécour. His ''Chorégraphie'' (1700) was translated into English by John Weaver (as ''Orchesography. Or the Art of Dancing'') (1706) and P. Siris (as ''The Art of Dancing''), both published in 1706. Weaver also translated the ''Traité de la cadance'' from Feuillet's 1704 ''Recŭeil de dances'' (as ''A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing'', 1706). Feuillet's ''Recŭeil de contredances'' (1706), a collection of English country dances, was translated into English by

John Essex John Essex (born c.1680 - died 1744, London) was an English dancer, choreographer and author who promoted the recording of dance steps through notation as well as performing in London theatre. In 1728 he published his major work ''The Dancing-Mas ...

(as ''For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing'', 1710).Essex, John (1710
''For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing''

References

External links

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The books of John Weaver
Facsimiles and transcriptions of Weaver's translations: ''Orchesography'' (1st edition) and ''A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing''. * The Library of Congress'

An American Ballroom Companion An American Ballroom Companion is an online collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de ...

includes several works by Feuillet: *
Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance
(1713 edition) *
Orchesography
(2nd ed., undated) translated by Weaver *
Recueil de dances, composées par Mr. Feuillet
(1700/1709) *
Recueil de dances, composées par M. Pecour
(1700/1709) *
P^er. receŭil de danses de bal pour l'année 1703
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Recŭeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures entrées de ballet de Mr. Pecour
(1704) *
Recŭeil de contredances
(1706) *
For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing
(1710) translated by Essex *
Direct access to Feuillet dances
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