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There are many forms of dance, from ballroom to barn dancing and disco to Morris dancing. Dance has always been a part of human culture, rituals and celebrations. Today, most dancing is about recreation and self-expression, although it can also be done as a competitive activity.

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.)