[It. volta turn, etc., fem. pa. pple. of volgere, volvere to turn, employed as a sb.] = LAVOLTA.
1642. Kynaston, Leoline & Sydanis, 1905. These with ten Satyrs danc’d an antique round With Volta’s, and a Saraband.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Volta,… a turning Dance so called.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl. s.v., Volta is also a sort of dance of Italian origin, in which the man turns the woman several times, and then assists her to make a leap or jump; it is a species of galliard.
1823. Crabb, Technol. Dict., Volta, an old three-timed air, peculiar to an Italian dance of the same name.
1910. Times, 8 Aug., 10/4. At His Majesty’s Theatre … the court dances will include a ‘volta’ with its light-hearted leaps into the air.
