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  • John Weaver

    His Orchesography (1706) was the first English version of the French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet’s Chorégraphie. The work included the most widely adopted dance notation system of the period. Its introduction to an English-speaking audience enabled more widespread communication of dance compositions and promoted a uniform set…

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    His Orchesography (1706) was the first English version of the French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet’s Chorégraphie. The work included the most widely adopted dance notation system of the period. Its introduction to an English-speaking audience enabled more widespread communication of dance compositions and promoted a uniform set…

    Read More