The first detailed descriptions of dancing in Europe date from 1450 in Italy, which is after the start of the Renaissance. However, we know that dancing was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages, for it was depicted in paintings and illuminations, and described in texts. Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... For the act of supplying light to an area, see lighting. ...
Forms of dance during the Middle Ages included the carol and the estampie. The carol consists of a circle of dancers holding hands, with the dancers singing while dancing. Both the carol and the estampie are also musical forms. The Christmas carol (as a musical form) survives to the modern era. A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance-like or popular character. ... The Estampie is both a medieval dance and musical form. ... A Christmas carol is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general. ...
Dance is considered to be part of yoga and is associated with the act of creation, a vital part of the continuing cycle of life the trinity represents.
Dance was also used to celebrate the return of heroic figures, as seen in the Apocrypha where the women of Israel danced before Judith, while singing men in armor followed (Judith 12-13).
Dance references are found among the miniatures that adorn this derisive view of Court and Church in medieval France.
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