Barbara Sparti died

I just got the sad news, that Barbara Sparti the "Grand dame" of the early dance has died on Monday, 17 June 2013 in Rome.

For the very beginning of my engagement in early dance in 1993, I always heard her name in many contexts. She was a teacher and a researcher. I always enjoyed receiving her kind mails with the Urbino announcements. And her presentations at the Rothenfels Dance Symposiums in 2008 and 2012, where she gave lectures about her newest research results regarding the Santucci manuscript.

The funeral will take place at 19h30 on saturday june 22, at Cimetero, or The Non Catholic Cemetery, Via Caio Cestio nº6 in Roma.

Portrait of Barbara at early-dance.de

German Wikipedia: Barbara Sparti