Choreographer

Thoinot Arbeau

French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)

Born 1520 · DijonDied 1595France
Thoinot Arbeau
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Thoinot Arbeau was a French choreographer, born in 1520 in Dijon, who died in 1595.

Biography

Thoinot Arbeau (French pronunciation: [twano aʁbo]) is the anagrammatic pen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1520 – July 23, 1595). Tabourot is most famous for his Orchésographie, a study of late sixteenth-century French Renaissance social dance. He was born in Dijon and died in Langres.

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