Il Ballarino: Steps and Dances

Following the translations included in her earlier works, Margaret Roe now delivers this comprehensive new volume of Caroso's great work Il Ballarino. Fans and students of sixteenth century Italian dance will revel in the word for word translation of Caroso's prose describing the dance steps, while novices will find the clear beat by beat details of execution pleasantly clear to follow. All dances from Caroso's Il Ballarino have been translated into a simplified annotated format which provides both clarity and depth of content. With the same exacting standards shown throughout, the musical structure and repetitions of the dances are carefully dissected for anyone, novice or expert, to become confident and comfortable in recreating them. Comprehensive charts detail every element of the dances which earned Caroso such notoriety in his day and celebration in ours. This nuanced and complete translation of Il Ballarino brings surety to the dance floor and completeness to the dancers' library.