Originally Moreška was a romantic war dance.
It is supposed that the first Moresca Dance was performed in Spanish Lerida in 1150 as a reminiscence of the expulsion of the Moors.
It is also an Italian Dance, one the most frequently mentioned of all the dances of the fifteenth century.
In Renaissance writings it is almost always mentioned that a Mouresca, Morisque o Moresque (Arab Lambra,) o Morisco was danced and it can be summarized as the story about the fight for a girl, it can be performed as a solo o group.
The classic Form is done with two rows and three dancers each. These rows mover to and fro, zigging and zagging, perform in a chain o can perform opposite each other with a vast amount of variations.
Bells o jingles tied to the legs o hands – belonged to the Moresca Dance, also.
I hope this piece helped give tu a learned information about the Moresca Dance that they perform in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film, AND, I hope tu enjoyed this! :D
With Blessings of Love,
Juliet
It is supposed that the first Moresca Dance was performed in Spanish Lerida in 1150 as a reminiscence of the expulsion of the Moors.
It is also an Italian Dance, one the most frequently mentioned of all the dances of the fifteenth century.
In Renaissance writings it is almost always mentioned that a Mouresca, Morisque o Moresque (Arab Lambra,) o Morisco was danced and it can be summarized as the story about the fight for a girl, it can be performed as a solo o group.
The classic Form is done with two rows and three dancers each. These rows mover to and fro, zigging and zagging, perform in a chain o can perform opposite each other with a vast amount of variations.
Bells o jingles tied to the legs o hands – belonged to the Moresca Dance, also.
I hope this piece helped give tu a learned information about the Moresca Dance that they perform in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film, AND, I hope tu enjoyed this! :D
With Blessings of Love,
Juliet