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What is a lavolta?

What is a lavolta? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.
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The waltzlike lavolta performed by two persons could be danced somewhat like the galliard with high leaping.
Yes, ladies, you have been dancing the lavolta of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries without being aware of it.
The passamezzo, passy-measure or half-measure was a popular Elizabethan dance, like the coranto and lavolta.
The lavolta was fashionable in the 16th century and was the delight of the Valois court.

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