The basic minuet step is 6 beats, or two measures, of 3/4 music.
The step contains two rises
and two lowerings, and four changes of weight RLRL.
Lowerings end in plie with both knees bent.
| beat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| rise and fall | rise-- | rise-- | up---- | up---- | lower- | down-- | up---- | up---- | up---- | up---- | lower- | down-- |
| supporting foot | RF | LF | RF | LF | ||||||||
| foot position | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 4th | |||||||
| beat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| rise and fall | rise-- | rise-- | lower- | lower- | rise-- | rise-- | up---- | up---- | up---- | up---- | lower- | down-- |
| supporting foot | RF | LF | RF | LF | ||||||||
| foot position | plie RF | plie LF | ||||||||||
Caveat: Table descriptions are simplification of text descriptions.
How to Dance a Minuet
www.colonialmusic.org/Resource/howtoMIN.htm
Minuets For Dancing
http://members.aol.com/dance18thc
"includes music and detailed instructions for dancing Eighteenth-Century Minuet"
Charles Hendrickson and Frances Hendrickson, 24 pages, ISBN 1-877984-18-3
Minuet Step and Figures
http://www.pathcom.com/~rosina/penn02/baroque.htm
Crossing the Line - an Intro to Baroque Court Dance
Given by Rosina del Bosco Chiaro, Pennsic 2002