Rajasthani dance

Pavan. (See Video Clip 39), Described as a processional dance, Arbeau notes that the pavan (Fr., pavane, pavanne; It., pavana, padovana) is danced by "walking with decorum and measured gravity." The dance, as described by Arbeau, consists of two single steps (simple) and one double step (double),forward (See Video Clip 36), or backward (See Video Clip 37); and, when the "hall is so thronged with a multitude of guests," one can make a conversion (See Video Clip 38), to reverse direction. (For description of the pavan as a ballroom dance for a solo couple, see "Pavana Matthei" described in Fabritio Caroso's Il ballarino, 1581.)