Renaissance dance patterns in shakespeare’s Italian plays: An analysis of dialogues

2006-01-01
Çıkıgil, Fatma Necla
This article proposes a relationship between the patterns of Renaissance dances and the shaping of significant passages of dialogue in Shakespeare’s ‘Italian’ plays, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing. It pays particular attention to corantos, galliards, la voltas and pavanes. © Intellect Ltd 2006.
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F. N. Çıkıgil, “Renaissance dance patterns in shakespeare’s Italian plays: An analysis of dialogues,” Studies in Theatre and Performance, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 263–272, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=51249127096&origin=inward.