Forlana

Bonneval happened to mention the dance called forlana, and Ismail expressing a great wish to know it, I told him that I could give him that pleasure if I had a Venetian woman to dance with and a fiddler who knew the time. ❋ Unknown (1827)

M. de Bonneval happened to mention the dance called forlana, and Ismail expressing a great wish to know it, I told him that I could give him that pleasure if I had a Venetian woman to dance with and a fiddler who knew the time. ❋ Giacomo Casanova (1761)

If Irene had struck me in dancing the 'forlana', why should not I have pleased her in spite of my superiority in age? ❋ Giacomo Casanova (1761)

'forlana' so well at the ball, and I resolved to pay her a visit. ❋ Giacomo Casanova (1761)

The Sonata echoes jazz in another way, though, in that the material Carter is putting through his favored paces is often quasi-vernacular, rather than newly-invented — for example, the forlana rhythm that permeates the third movement — and we're more conscious of the manipulations, like an improvisation over familiar changes. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

I was astounded, for I had never seen anyone, even in Venice, dance the forlana so splendidly. ❋ Unknown (1827)

The nymph took her place, I did the same, and we danced the forlana six times without stopping. ❋ Unknown (1827)

I took a violin, and played the forlana, but, even if the partner had been found, I could not play and dance at the same time. ❋ Unknown (1827)

You may perchance manage to see your partner in the forlana without running any risk, even if you should happen to meet Ismail; she is a native of ❋ Unknown (1827)

She challenged the gondolier to prove himself a Venetian by dancing the ‘forlana’ with her. ❋ Unknown (1827)

As soon as I was awake, I thought of the shepherdess who had danced the ‘forlana’ so well at the ball, and I resolved to pay her a visit. ❋ Unknown (1827)

You may perchance manage to see your partner in the forlana without running any risk, even if you should happen to meet ❋ Giacomo Casanova (1761)