International Dance School - Course & Ball "The Imperial Christmas"

International Ballroom Dance School - Dresden 2015

German: http://creanc.com/ITS_Tanz-Kurs-Ball-2015_KaiserlicheWeihnacht_Dresden.pdf

English: http://creanc.com/International-Dance-School-2015_ImperialChristmas_Dresden.pdf

Course 1: 16.12.- 19.12.2015 | Course 2: 18.12.- 19.12.2015 & Grand Ball 19.12.2015 (Ball night of social dances from the 19th century with gala programme and live music of the Johann Strauss era)

Celebrating 10 Years of  .creanc. BallTanzSchule

You are warmly welcomed to Dresden in December 2015, to participate in an intensive dance course of newly re-constructed and choreographed social dances of the 19th century. At the end of the course, join us for a stylish Advent Ball of waltzes, polkas, schottisch polkée valsée, mazurkas, galops, quadrilles and cotillions, danced to a lively Strauss music, played by amazing musicians. The whole gala programme will carry you back to the era of Imperial Christmases!

The dances to be taught at the course

Waltz variations in couple and quadrille dances

* „Quadrille Giraudet“ (Course 1)  A new quadrille appeared in the dancing season 1889/1890 bearing the name of its creator, Eugène Giraudet, Professeur of dance in Paris. Similarly as another quadrille, Les Variétés Parisiennes, it reflects very much the dancing fashion of the second half of the 19th century. It is danced with the quadrille step and combines the quadrille format with the popular couple dances in ballroom hold, like polka valse, polka mazurka, schottische polkée-valsée, valse à trois temps and the waltz Ganglovienne. While the quadrille figures are built up in a rather simple, poem-like structure, their beauty is enhanced by the variety of the couple dances. The five parts, La Croix, Les Ronds, Les Moulinets, Les Ponts and Les Petit-Ronds finish each with a different refrain. The music was composed  by Félix Chaudoir, and has been newly recorded for the .creanc. Dance School.

* „Waltz Quadrille Française“ (Course 1) The Waltz Quadrille first appeared in Waltz Instructor, New York, in 1879. The Quadrille Française, popular since the early 19th century, was embellished with a new variation – the original quadrille step being replaced in some figures by a six-step-waltz. The music, composed by  W. Allen retains the known format of five parts: Le Pantalon, L’Eté, La Poule, La Pastourelle and the Finale. The quadrille is danced in the usual square sets and allows the dancers to enjoy “quadrilling” and waltzing in one dance.

* Waltz „My Life is Full of Love and Joy“ (Course 1) The Germans and Austrians were waltzing in couples around each other already in the 18th century. The definite waltz hold and the ¾ rhythm fully developed in the following century. New step variations, clockwise and anti-clockwise turns, choreographed into a beautiful cotillion format were devised for one of the most beautiful  of Josef Strauss’ waltzes „Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust“ (My Life is Full of Love and Joy), composed in 1869. Through this waltz can a dancer obtain an appreciation of the development of the Viennese waltz format from the 19th century to date.

* „Quadrille à la cour“ (Courses 1 & 2) is the German version of Les Lanciers quadrille, taught in Berlin since 1855. Our choreography of the figures La Dorset (Les tiroirs), La Victoria (Les lignes), Les moulinets, Les visites and Finale à la cour derives from that of Amint Freising from the years 1885/1892. This well-loved quadrille contains beautiful and elegant figures. It has been freshly reconstructed to the joyful music of Josef Strauss.

* Wintertime and Yuletide Dances (Courses 1& 2) will further enliven the ball night for all the guests.

* Quadrille Française (for participants of the preparatory courses and for those from courses 1 & 2, who wish to refresh their memory) The Quadrille Française will not be taught this year, but it will be on the ball programme. A refresher meeting will be held on Saturday morning. (The Haraschin choreography of the quadrille, Vienna 1880, will be used.) The dance will be taught in the weekend courses in Dresden (Saxony) and Biberach (Baden  Württemberg) during the year, which will be particularly tailored for less experienced dancers who wish to learn and improve their dancing of both quadrilles and the basic polka and waltz steps.

* The ball programme will, in addition to the dances learnt during the course, include Viennese waltzes and polkas from the Strauss family era, and also some simple social dances for the enjoyment of the entire ball company.

Dance classes timetable | Address of the course dance hall | Cost (course & ball night) | Accommodation -->  Link

http://creanc.com/International-Dance-School-2015_ImperialChristmas_Dres...

http://creanc.com/ITS_Tanz-Kurs-Ball-2015_KaiserlicheWeihnacht_Dresden.pdf

Enrolment

Please, send your application to  

Sylvia Hartung | .creanc.  Tanz&Kreativwerkstatt | Balltanzschule Dresden |    Heinrich-Schütz-Str. 17, 01277 Dresden | email  sylvia@creanc.com oder sy.hartung@t-online.de | tel  +49 (0)160 58 60 040 | internet www.creanc.com |

In your application, please, give your name, e-mail address, and postal address of the course participant. You will be given the banking details for payment on application.

Treat yourself to an unforgettable pre-Christmas pleasure

of attending our course and the elegant ball!

We look forward to seeing you (again) !