19th century

9th February & 9th March 2013

Drawing on new French and Italian sources to offer les canaries, bourrees, branles and courantes enjoyed c. 1600.

All the workshops are intended for dancers with basic experience of historical dance.
There will be a break during the afternoon for tea and coffee.

Participants are advised to wear loose comfortable clothing and shoes with a soft, flexible sole.

Cost: £10 per workshop

See also http://www.dhds.org.uk/bedm/

A preparation for the Pickwick Party, from the repertoire of Joseph Lowe, dancing master to Queen Victoria.

All the workshops are intended for dancers with basic experience of historical dance.
There will be a break during the afternoon for tea and coffee.

Participants are advised to wear loose comfortable clothing and shoes with a soft, flexible sole.

Cost: £10 per workshop

See also http://www.dhds.org.uk/bedm/

Grand Balls in the Loira's Castles
19th century dance
Tours, Valancay , Amboise
(France)
Società di Danza
4-11/8/2011

A week of dance and holiday, with Balls in the castles of the Loira Valley.
With the Società di Danza the dancers visit the most beutiful French castles and dance in the courtyards and historic squares.
Stay and dancing in Tour, and special events:
- Ball in the court of Valancay Castle on 5/8/2012
- Ball in the Amboise Castle on 9/9/2012
19th century balls with quadrilles, waltzes, contredanses, marches.

For further information:
info@societadidanza.it

Dance and Grand Ball in Saint Petersburg
Società di Danza
25/4-1/5/2012

A journey in space and time in the 19th century culture in one of the best world capitals and to meet dancing friends. The Società di Danza with about eigthy dancers realized
- an intensive course for Russian and foreign dancers,
- a dancing evening with 19th century dances,
- a Scottish ball with live music (with the White Heather Band from Moscow), in collaboration with the Scottish country dance group in St. Petersburg, and

Grand Ball
Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola (Roma)
in 19th century dress
Sunday 10 June 2012

Società di Danza - Roma realized a 19th century grand ball in the magnificent Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, also known as Villa Farnese, a mansion in the town of Caprarola north of Rome.
Dancers of the Società di Danza coming from Rome, and also from other towns, including Naples and Salerno, realized quadrilles, waltzes, contredanses, marches.

Dance scenes from the Nineteenth-century at Palazzo Blu)

Pisa, Palazzo Blu
Saturday 23 June 2012, h. 21-23
organized with the Fondazione Palazzo Blu and in 'Giugno Pisano' by Comune di Pisa

Scenes from a Nineteenth-Century ball in the historic Palazzo Blu
Social dance of European tradition of the romantic period
Waltz, quadrille, marsch, contredanse and mazurka
The 'Quadri di Danza da un ballo dell'Ottocento a Palazzo Blu' brings to life the sounds and atmosphere of an dancing evening in the beautiful setting of historic halls of the Palazzo Blu.

Verstand & Gefühl, Stolz & Vorurteil, Mansfieldpark, Emma
und die anderen Romane von Jane Austen stehen heute für die Zeit des Empire.
Oft als Trivialliteratur belächelt und verkannt
sind ihre Werke herausragende und fesselnde Zeugen einer Epoche.
Sie gehören mit zu den meistverfilmten Büchern und lieferten den Stoff für viele weitere.
Oft spielen Tanzszenen eine Schlüsselrolle in diesen Romanen.
Vor allem die Verfilmungen der BBC zeichnen sich dabei
durch die Verwendung originaler historische Tänze aus.

Verstand & Gefühl, Stolz & Vorurteil, Mansfieldpark, Emma
und die anderen Romane von Jane Austen stehen heute für die Zeit des Empire. Oft als Trivialliteratur belächelt und verkannt
sind ihre Werke herausragendende und fesselnde Zeugen einer Epoche.
Sie gehören mit zu den meistverfilmten Büchern
und lieferten den Stoff für viele weitere.
Immer stehen auch die Feste und Bälle im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens. Vor allem die Verfilmungen der BBC zeichnen sich dabei
durch die Verwendung originaler historische Tänze aus.

VI dance reconstruction conference

VAGANOVA BALLET ACADEMY
Saint-Petersburg Historical Dance Club
March, 8-10, 2013, at Vaganova academy, Zodchego Rossi, 2, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia

History & practice of social dance, its connections with scene dance is an interesting and important theme for dance researches. We'll discuss relationship between styles & dances of different countries & regions; variety of European dance cultures.

Some suggested topics:
- dance & its place in society, correlation of dance & social culture