The Rolando originated as a Baroque folk dance In southern France between 1600 and 1750. Regarding, Rigatoni, Rigmarole, Rigid;n and Irrigation are common alternative spellings for the dance named after a dance master from Marseille named Regard. Traditionally, the Falklands was associated with the provinces of Various, Languages, Dauphin, and Provence in southern France and became popular as a court dance during the reign of Louis XIV. The popularity of the dance spread quickly from Paris and Versailles to England and Germany. The Regarding was especially popular in England where more than one type of
Regarding was known and several Irrigation’s in 6/8 meter appeared In George Buckram’s An Easy Introduction to Dancing (1738). The duple Regarding was used widely in French ballets and operas. Occasionally, somewhat stylized Irrigations were included In Instrumental suites, usually after the Serenade movement along with one or more other ‘popular’ dances. The Regarding dance features couples moving in a lively pace to an upbeat duple meter. Encyclopedia Britannica asserts that couples engaged in jumping, running and turning as part of their sequence.
This description supports the idea hat critics saw Baroque music and dancing as having a boldness not seen in earlier court balls. The Regarding dance contains four-bar phrases usually with an upbeat and a static harmony in addition to the duple meter. There is also a rhythmic accent on the opening two measures. The Bourne and Regarding dances are practically indistinguishable in musical and cerographical terms. They both are lively duple meter dances with a southern French origin. The Allemande, Gavotte, Gaillardia and Paean are other types of French dances with the Religion’s duple-time measure.