Gaillarde

Quick meaning: Gaillarde is a noun meaning Alternative form of galliard (dance).

Meaning

Alternative form of galliard (dance).

Example Sentences

Arbeau gives a lengthy description of the gaillarde, the second dance of the First Pas-de-Trois from Agon.

At its most elemental, the gaillarde consisted of four steps or hops (pieds en l'air or grèves), a jump (saut), and a pose (posture), for which the combination was known as the cinq pas or "five steps."

The connection of these three examples of the gaillarde step is unmistakeable. Magri says that it is one of the steps — along with jeté, chassé, and glissade — used "by all three kinds of Ballerini: Seri, mezzo Carattere and Grottesco" when two dancers dance in a Carè or square formation.

Word Forms

• gaillardes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tordion, saltarella, gavot, tarentella, basilard, saraband.

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