minuet steps:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s-Rp72dfPI 

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBcIfHXKJF4 

        These steps were performed largely as a

        choreographed couple display.  The choreographies

        are uniformly awful, and not worth tracking down,

        but the basic step pattern has some merit, though

        it's rarely seen.  The basic step rhythm is somewhat

        reflected in the 3/4 time svav, and the stegvals,

        for example.

    galliard (of which lavolta is a part):

        w/left turning lavolta: 

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvaGvUoor1E 

        w/lright turning lavolta: 

             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTe473IERE 

        I don't think these modern re-creations are quite

        accurate--according to many sources, women often

        wore a particular form of busk, high center front, which was

        designed to provide what amounted to a handle.  

        This extra security in the lift, I think, opened the door

        to a much higher and more perilous lift than is

        attempted by modern re-creationists. 

    If you'd like to see non-3/4 time dances of the period, look here: 

        http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay2.html