Baroque Ballet Intensive & Historical Dance Program, at the Amherst Early Music Festival

A workshop with classes in historical dance (Baroque Dance, Baroque Dance Notation, Renaissance Dance, and Music of Charpentier and Lully); English Country Dance; a fully staged production (Charpentier's “Les Arts Florissants” 1685); a special Baroque dance performance with live music; lectures; concerts; and more.

Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dr. Dorothy Olsson; Dance Assistant: Peggy Murray

Plus Two Performances:
French Baroque opera: Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Les Art Florissants, 1685, and scenes from Jean-Baptiste Lully's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670;
performance on July 16
A special Baroque dance project: Divertissements, performance on July 14

Details http://www.newyorkhistoricaldance.com/aem2010dance.html

Connecticut College

270 Mohegan Avenue
CT 06320-4150 New London
United States

Teacher

Dorothy Olsson has had training in both music and dance; she received her Masters of Music of Musicology from Manhattan School of Music and her Ph.D. in... read more
Kaspar D. Mainz has appeared in more than 250 theatrical performances in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. He is the Artistic Director of... read more

Contacts

781-488-3337
P.O. Box 229 Marilyn Boenau, Director
MA 02476 Arlington
United States