Romeo & Juliet doing the Moresca Dance #1
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 or Moresque (Arab Lambra,) or Morisco was danced and it can be summarized as the story about the fight for a girl, it can be performed as a solo or group.
The classic Form is done with two rows and three dancers each. These rows move to and fro, zigging and zagging, perform in a chain or can perform opposite each other with a vast amount of variations.
Bells or jingles tied to the legs or hands – belonged to the Moresca Dance, also.
I hope this piece helped give you a learned information about the Moresca Dance that they perform in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film, AND, I hope you enjoyed this! :D
With Blessings of Love,
Juliet
Romeo & Juliet doing the Moresca Dance #2
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The start of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film
Photo #2 of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #3 of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #4 of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #5 Juliet doing the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #6 of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #7 of the Moresca Dance in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #8 Juliet laughing as the Moresca Dance builds up momentum in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
Photo #9 Juliet gets dizzy from going round and round in a circle with people in the Moresca Dance & runs out of the circle in the 1968 Romeo & Juliet film.
