Music, design, and drama have all played important roles in the evolution of dance, and in many cultures dance has actually been inseparable from these arts. The Greek word mousikē, for example, referring to music, poetry, and dance as one form, reflected the integral relation between these three arts in classical Greek drama. In the early European ballets, dance, music, drama, and spectacle were equally inseparable.
It can't be black plague because the pictures really have nothing to do with that. I think nobles playing games/feasting is too vague. I think it would have to be the history of Norman conquest of England. I hope this helps! IGNORE THIS! READ BOTTOM!