The next February 20th at 7:00 P.M., will be place the presentation os the new book "El manuscrito de Cervera. Música y danza palaciega catalana del siglo XV" by Cecilia Nocilli.
The Cervera MS is a main source to the study of Catalan and European dance. It consists of two sheets with describes eleven dances. Some descriptions list the steps and movements in Catalan and others, use a specific notation for choreography description.
The notation in that source is the most interesting topic for researchers because it is one of the oldest evidence of choreographic notation in Europe. Cecilia Nocilli analyzes the source from a documentary approach to trying to bring dancers, musicians and researchers a proposed interpretation not only dance but aspects that surround it.
The conference will be presented by the musicologists Tess Knighton and Cecilia Nocilli.
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