BWV 812 The Gigue from the French Suite is a lively baroque dance originating from the Irish jig. It was imported to France in the 17th Century and usually appears at the end of a suite. In early French theatre, it was customary to end a play's performance with a gigue, complete with music and dancing. A gigue, like other Baroque dances, consists of two sections. In Bach's gigues, each section often begins as a fugue, in which the theme used in the first section is inverted in the second section.
