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The gigue or giga is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th century and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues. A gigue is usually in ³ ₈ or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as ⁶ ₈, ⁶ ₄, ⁹ ₈ or ¹² ₈, although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first French Suite, which is written in ² ₂ and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm. Gigues often have a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance. In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing. A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections. Read more
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