Never doze during the ball, please, my good companion: sleeping during the dance is like denying God.
Antonius Arena, Leges dansandi (trans. John Guthrie and Marino Zorzi)
Tie up your codpiece and wipe your face, because God is waiting for you to bust a move.
Furthermore never fart when you are dancing; grit your teeth and compel your arse to hold back the fart..
In case of dance emergency, pull cord. Cesare Negri, Nuove inventioni di balli, 1604
Now in order to walk nicely, and to wear chopines properly on one’s feet, so that they do not twist…
Throw the body and stretch the right arm and right leg as far as possible to the right…
