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pavane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pavan |
| Type of | dance music |
pavane::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pavan |
| Type of | dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore |
Examples of pavane
pavane
The whole affair, in fact, had developed the aura of a surrealistic ritual, with both sides'forces stepping in circles as if they were performing some stately, stylized pavane.
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Delivered magisterially by Laurel Keen and David Harvey, the episode evolves from cords that bind the performers'ankles together to an outright pavane of passion that transcends class barriers.
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- Music composed for dancing the pavane
- A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
- The pavane, pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn (It. pavana, padovana; Ger. Paduana) is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance).
- Pavane by Keith Roberts is an alternate history science fiction fix-up novel first published by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd in 1968.
- A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]
- [puh-VAHN] A sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English court dance of Italian origin; the dance is performed by couples to stately music. Ravel based Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899) on this Baroque dance form.
