Raoul Auger (or Anger) Feuillet (c.1660–1710) was a French dance notator, publisher and choreographer most well-known today for his Chorégraphie, ou l'art de décrire la danse (Paris, 1700)Feuillet, Raoul Auger (1700) which described Beauchamp–Feuillet notation, and his subsequent collections of ballroom and theatrical dances, which included his own choreographies as well as those of Pécour.
His Chorégraphie (1700) was translated into English by John Weaver (as Orchesography. Or the Art of Dancing) (1706)Weaver, John (1706) Orchesography. Or the Art of Dancing and P. Siris (as The Art of Dancing), both published in 1706. Weaver also translated the Traité de la cadance from Feuillet's 1704 Recŭeil de dancesFeuillet, Raoul Auger (1704) Recŭeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures entrées de ballet de Mr. Pecour (as A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing, 1706).Weaver, John (1706) A Small Treatice of Time and Cadence in Dancing Feuillet's Recŭeil de contredances (1706),Feuillet, Raoul Auger (1706) Recŭeil de contredances a collection of English country dances, was translated into English by John Essex (as For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing, 1710).Essex, John (1710) For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing
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The books of John Weaver Facsimiles and transcriptions of Weaver's translations: Orchesography (1st edition) and A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing. The Library of Congress' An American Ballroom Companion includes several works by Feuillet: (1713 edition) Orchesography (2nd ed., undated) translated by Weaver (1700/1709) Recueil de dances, composées par M. Pecour (1700/1709)
Recŭeil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres, des meillieures entrées de ballet de Mr. Pecour (1704) Recŭeil de contredances (1706) For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing (1710) translated by Essex Direct access to Feuillet dances accessible via a table of content