
Baroque dancing is often associated with the Menuet, and it is true that this dance was considered as the “queen of the dances” during more than a century . But what was exactly meant by «dancing a menuet»? The ordinary or «simple» minuet for the ballroom differs from the «figured minuet», by not being entirely composed. It was in fact a standard form, whose rules were known by all dancers, and which could “fluctuate” depending on the masters, the circumstances, the places, the periods...


