Tourdion

The tourdion (or tordion ) is a fast dance of couple, slightly jumped, constituting one of the elements of the Low-dance. In vogue in France at the beginning of the 16th century, the tourdion disappears before the end from the century.

Popularized by Pierre Attaignant in a collection published in 1530, the tourdion remained like Drinking song:

When I drink light red wine
Ami all turns, turns, turns, turns
Aussi from now on I drink Anjou or Alpine laburnum
Chantons and let us drink, with this bottle make the war
Chantons and drink, the friends, thus drink!

Thoinot Arbeau gives the first complete description of the tourdion in its Orchésographie published in 1589.

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