References in Modern Culture
- An inaccurate example of this dance in the movie Elizabeth (1998), where Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth I) and Joseph Fiennes (Lord Robert Dudley) dance it on two occasions.
- A somewhat more accurate version of the lavolta can be seen in the movie Shakespeare in Love (1998), this time with Joseph Fiennes playing William Shakespeare and Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps.
- A very accurate version can be seen in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (sequel to Elizabeth) between Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton and Sir Walter Raleigh.
- What is said to be The Volta (but is actually another dance) can be seen in the dance being performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Henry VIII and Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in the second season's seventh episode of Showtime's original series The Tudors.
- A version of lavolta can be seen performed in the 1953 film The Sword and the Rose.
- This dance is also performed in the third episode of 1971's Elizabeth R, "Shadow in the Sun" between Queen Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) and Robert Dudley (Robert Hardy).
- On 23 June 2009 the contestants on Big Brother 10 (UK Channel 4) were given the task to perform The Volta, with the performance shown the following evening.
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