Plaisir Courtois celebrates her 40th anniversary with a special performance. We will travel through time starting in the 16th century and ending in the early 20th century. We work together with several other historical dance-groups from the Netherlands. We hope to see you there!

Tickets are available on www.plaisircourtois.nl/lustrum

THE SPANISH SPIRIT:
a Hartig Ensemble Summer School in picturesque Cesky Krumlov.

Jane Gingell and Konrad Przybycien teach Spanish Escuela Bolera Dance, and Helena Kazarova and members of the Hartig Ensemble teach Renaissance and Baroque dances in the Spanish Style.

The course takes place in the Study Centre of the Cesky Krumlov Castle complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It begins on the Sunday evening with social dancing, followed by six-hour teaching days from the Monday to the Saturday.

The course will cater for all levels, with parallel classes.

The course fee is 5000 CZK, including a tour of the Castle and the Baroque Theatre, but excluding accommodation.

Rooms are available in the Study complex, or students may arrange their own accommodation outside.

For more details, and application form, contact Helena, or mail to info@hartigensemble.cz

The annual HDS summer school this features The Lords Masque of 1613: an exploration of performance in dance and music, led by specialist tutors. There are dance coures and a musician's course.

It takes place at Stonyhurst College, near Preston in England from 5th - 12th August, and is a special opportunity to gain insight into the realization of Campion's text and the surviving music.

www.historicaldance.org.uk

SOLEN OCH NORDSTJÄRNAN
Opéra-ballet pour Louis XIV et Charles XII
Vadstena-Akademien 20 July – 8 August

- Prologue from Le Désespoir de Tirsis (Desfontaines, 1688)
- Le Ballet des Nations from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Lully, 1670)
- Ballet meslé de chants héroiques/the Narva Ballet (Düben/Desfontaines, 1701)

Tickets and info here: https://www.nortic.se/dagny/event/17293

 

Choreography and stage direction: Karin Modigh

Music direction: Dan Laurin

Assistant choreographer: Lena Cederwall Broberg

Scenography and costume design: Anna Kjellsdotter

Mask and wigs: Anne-Charlotte Reinhold

Lighting design: Marcus Philippe Gustafsson

Dramaturg: Laura Naudeix

 

Performers:

Julia Bengtsson, dancer

Ingrid Berg, soprano

Frida Bergquist, mezzo soprano

Rebecca Bernefjell, dancer

Filip Björkqvist, baritone

Nanna Bugge Rasmussen, mezzo soprano

Niklas Fransson, dancer

Matilda Larsson, dancer

Edgar Lewandowski, dancer

Robert Lind, tenor

Kajsa Lindberg, soprano

Richard Lindström, baritone

Annastina Malm, mezzo soprano and mentor

Adrian Navarro, dancer and mentor

Aleksandra Pawluczuk, dancer

Mathias Terwander Stintzing, dancer

Martin Vanberg, tenor and mentor

 

Musician mentors: 

Francesco D’Orazio, violin (concert master)

Anna Paradiso Laurin, harpsichord

 

 

War and Peace – this exciting theme will accompany us in this year’s 19th edition of the ‘Cracovia Danza’ Court Dance Festival, which will take place from 22 to 29 July 2018 in Kraków. Cracovia Danza Ballet – the organiser of this world-renowned festival – is happy to announce many attractions, both artistic performances and workshop classes, which will be available this year.   Relevant to the festival’s theme, our workshop offer has been updated to incorporate new courses, including those on dances of both war and peace. The most notable examples are historical fencing classes, taught by Mateusz Jabczanik, and a course on Indian martial dance Chhau, mentored by a New Dehli-based master of this style, Rajesh Sai Babu. Another new class in this year’s programme will focus on French contredanses. This style, as well as Baroque dance, will be taught by Pierre-Francois Dolle, dancer, choreographer and founder of Fantaisies Baroques Ensemble.   Furthermore, the offer features courses by many illustrious dancing masters: Barbara Segal (English dance, Baroque dance), Marie-Claire Bär Le Corre (French dance), Ana Yepes (Spanish dance), Gloria Giordano (Italian dance), Alaknanda Bose (Indian Kathak dance) and Leszek Rembowski (Polish dance). It also includes acting workshops: pantomime (with Krzysztof Antkowiak) and commedia dell’arte (with Agnieszka Cianciara-Fröhlich).   As one can see, Kraków will be hosting numerous dance celebrities from all over the world. The ‘Cracovia Danza’ Festival is an exceptional opportunity to meet the dancing masters all in one place and benefit from their knowledge and experience for a full week. The classes will take place in central Kraków, in the vicinity of the Planty Park, in the 19th-century building of ‘Nowodworek’ (Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School).   Cracovia Danza – Kraków dances in July!   Feel invited to join us! Workshop registration has begun – we are awaiting applications at ardentesole@ardentesole.art.pl. REGISTRATION