19th century

Michel Saint Léon (1777 - 1853), father of the famous dancer and choreograph Arthur Saint Léon was himself a dancer of the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris. From 1822 to 1842 he worked as the dancing master of the princesses at the royal Court of Württemberg. To this princesses he dedicated four notebooks (1829 to 1836). In this notebooks he described exercises for the dance training, choreographies for the theatre, and social dances.

Le Gran Bal Masquè

Società di Danza

Palazzo Brancaccio, Roma, I

Sunday 9 Febrauary 2014 h. 15

Palazzo Brancaccio Viale del Monte Oppio, 7, Roma

Entrance by invitation

19th century ball with quadrilles, waltzed, polka, mazurka, contredanses.

The association Società di Danza founded in 1991 by Fabio Mòllica and active in about thirty cities in Italy, and in Rome since 2002, organizes a reconstruction of a 19th century ball in the historical Palazzo Brancaccio.

Quadrille, Waltz, Contredanse, Polka, Mazurka.

Wir sind eine tanz- und kostümbegeisterte Gruppe, im Jahr 2000 gegründet von Lilo Grimm-Cresswell. Wir veranstalten wöchentliche Übungsabende und bieten Auftritte in historischen Kostümen an. Dabei befassen wir uns mit verschiedenen Epochen: Renaissance, Barock, Rokoko und 19. Jahrhundert.
Während einer Tanzsaison werden diese Tanzstile in Trimestern abwechselnd geübt.

"Nichts hält so jung wie ein alter Tanz"

The Galleria Le 5 Lune, set in the magnificent Sant’Apollinare architectural complex just besides Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, will host a rendezvous with 19th century social dances conducted by Paolo Di Segni with live accompaniment by the Orchestra da ballo de "Il Teatro della Memoria", an ensemble led by Andrea Toschi and specialized in the performance of typical Salon Orchestra repertory, making use of orginal period arrangements.

Voici le programme des ateliers de danse baroques et danses du Premier Empire de janvier à juin 2014.

Premier atelier de danse baroque : le 24 janvier de 19h à 22h.

A noter : Stage sur deux jours le week-end du 22-23 mars 2014.

Lieu : Micadanses, 15 rue Geoffroy L'asnier 75004 PARIS, studio So Schnell

Métro L 1 St Paul ou L 7 Pont Marie

Dear Friends,

Here the programm from all our friday evening workshops from january untill june 2014.

Christmas Grand Ball

15.12.2013 h. 16

Villa di Corliano, S. Giuliano Terme (Pisa), I

Circolo Pisano della Società di Danza

ATELIER DE DANSES ET CONTREDANSES DU 1er EMPIRE

Vendredi 6 Décembre de 19h à 22h

Au programme : Nous approfondirons notre travail sur le Menuet d'Hugger,

d'après le "Dance Book TB" de 1826.

Il s'agit d'une danse pour un couple qui n'a de menuet que le nom. Il se

Fancy travelling back in time to the pre-Victorian period, when the ladies in Jane Austen’s novels put the excitement into life? In 2014, our annual opera ball in the sumptuous salons of the Ghent opera house will be on the theme of the 1770-1820 period, a time of aristocratic excess and official balls. The focus of the evening is the ‘country dance’, but you will also pick up old minuets and new waltzes. Each dance is taught on the evening itself, to the accompaniment of a live orchestra. So put on your finest dress and who knows, you may meet your very own Mr Darcy.