Cesare Negri

Cesare Negri, also Il Trombone, (* 1535 in Milan, † 1604 ), was an Italian Renaissance dancing master at the court of Milan.

In the second half of the 16th century, he wrote an important treatise on courtly dance art in Italy. His first published in 1602 in Milan treatise Le gratie d' amore is one of the tracts of Fabritio Caroso of the most important sources of the Italian ballroom dancing during the Renaissance.

Divided into three sections, the first part is a biographical outline of the professional backgrounds of Negri, while the second one the most virtuosic dance of the time - the " Galliard " - describes. The third section provides a number of additional steps that are used in the 43 choreographies of the treatise. - The full-page illustrations give an impression mostly from the initial position to the individual dances. For each dance the appropriate music is added.

Works

• Le Gratie d' Amore, G. Bordone, Milan 1602 ( Reprint: Nuove INVENTIONI di Balli, Milan 1604)
• Le Gratie d' Amore. German first translation of Milan 1602 edition of Brigitte Garski. Hildesheim, Zurich, New York: Olms Verlag 2003