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P. Siris: An Early Eighteenth-Century Dancing-Master

P. Siris: An Early Eighteenth-Century Dancing-Master JenniferThorp The dancing master P. Siris is in some ways a difficult subject for research: the date and place of his birth are unknown, and there is no certainty as to his full name - his personality can only be guessed at.1 But his importance is clear. Siris published a translation of Feuillet's Choregraphie 1706 which in many ways is in better than the rival translation by John Weaver issued the same year, and he composed at least seven dances, five of which survive in notated form. Even from such slight evidence there are clear indications that Siris was a talented and independent-minded writer and composer of dances for the ballroom and the theatre who deserves greater recognition. What is known at present of Siris's life can be summarised very briefly. He may have been French: Richard Steele referred to him as 'Mr Siris, a Native of France',2 and Siris himself claimed links with the Paris dancing master Pierre Beauchamp (composer of ballets for the court of Louis XIV and the Academie Royale de Danse), whom he averred was the true inventor of dance notation rather than Feuillet;3 and he also published at least one dance through the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dance Research Edinburgh University Press

P. Siris: An Early Eighteenth-Century Dancing-Master

Dance Research , Volume 10 (2): 71 – Oct 1, 1992

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Edinburgh University Press
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©© 1992 Society for Dance Research
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0264-2875
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1750-0095
DOI
10.2307/1290655
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Abstract

JenniferThorp The dancing master P. Siris is in some ways a difficult subject for research: the date and place of his birth are unknown, and there is no certainty as to his full name - his personality can only be guessed at.1 But his importance is clear. Siris published a translation of Feuillet's Choregraphie 1706 which in many ways is in better than the rival translation by John Weaver issued the same year, and he composed at least seven dances, five of which survive in notated form. Even from such slight evidence there are clear indications that Siris was a talented and independent-minded writer and composer of dances for the ballroom and the theatre who deserves greater recognition. What is known at present of Siris's life can be summarised very briefly. He may have been French: Richard Steele referred to him as 'Mr Siris, a Native of France',2 and Siris himself claimed links with the Paris dancing master Pierre Beauchamp (composer of ballets for the court of Louis XIV and the Academie Royale de Danse), whom he averred was the true inventor of dance notation rather than Feuillet;3 and he also published at least one dance through the

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Published: Oct 1, 1992

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