~ June Long Weekend ~
All live music ~ Expert dance teaching Top guests ~ Free day long refreshments ~ Costume workshops tbaDay sessions $15 at door, $10 in advance
Evening events $25 door, $20 in advance
Full festival just $150, 120 conc. from www.earthlydelights.com.au
~ Friday 6 June ~
7:30-9:30 Grand Opening Concert with award-winning Sydney multi-instrumentalists Pastance in the beautiful historic church (preview 4 CDs at www.pastance.com)
~ Saturday 7 June ~
9:15-10:30 German & French dances of the 15&16th centuries.
10:45-12:15 Italian dance from late 15th century manuscripts
1:15-2:45 English dance from a c.1500 manuscript
3:00-3:30 Afternoon-tea Fashion talk for would-be Elizabethan ladies & gentlemen
3:45-5:00 Italian dance from the first printed dance manuals—view originals
7:00-11:00Romeo & Juliet Ball - Fun dances led for everyone, potluck supper, dance displays
~ Sunday 8 June ~
11:00-12:15 Off-site in Yarralumla viewing of Dr John Gardiner-Garden’s antique 15th-18th c. dance manuals
1:15-2:45 Dances of Italy: from early 17th century sources
3:00-3:45 Afternoon-tea Concert: John Dowland and late Renaissance dance with lute, viols, singer & dancers
4:00-5:15 Dance of England & France from remarkable sources
7:00-10:45 A Renaissance Revel - Fun dances led for everyone, potluck supper, dance displays
~ Monday 9 June ~
9:15-10:30 The Spanish Pavan: A dance that lived 100 years.
11:00-12:15 The Minuet:variations from across Europe.
1:15-2:45 Potpourri Cotillions—a Paris craze that caught on
3:00-3:45 Afternoon-tea Concert - Simpson and early baroque dance with spinet, recorder, theorbo & dancers
4:00-5:15 Enlightened Ending with fun dances & request.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2014-festival-of-early-dance-tickets-11234561877
