High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A dansa (Occitan: , Catalan: or; modern Occitan spelling: dan a) was an Occitan form of lyric poetry developed in the late thirteenth century among the troubadours. It is related to the English term "dance" and was often accompanied by dancing. A closely related form, the balada or balaresc, had a more complex structure, and is related to the ballade but unrelated to the ballad. Both terms derive from Occitan...