The oldest description of the gavotte dance is in Arbeau's Book, "Orchesgraphie" written in 1588.
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Hedda Hjortsberg became a student of the French ballet master Louis Gallodier at the age of nine 1786 , and when she graduated in the season of 1790-1791, she was considered as one of the first great native products and stars of the newly founded Royal Swedish Ballet, which was long dominated by foreign dancers.