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Milan Tomášik is a choreographer and dancer from Slovakia. He studied dance at the J.L.Bellu Conservatory in Banská Bystrica and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2004, he completed the P.A.R.T.S. International Dance School in Brussels, led by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. In Slovenia, he has collaborated with the En-Knap dance group and the choreographer Iztok Kovac, appearing in his production Mozart - Hype as I Wanna Be. He also danced in Gallery of Dead Women, a performance by the dancers and choreographers Maja Delak and Mala Kline.

Domen Marincic graduated in the harpsichord in Nuremberg and subsequently finished his post-graduate studies in thorough bass with Alberto Rinaldi at the Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen. He also studied the viol with Philippe Pierlot. He received the highest award at the First International Viola da Gamba Competition 'Bach-Abel' in Cöthen. He has performed with several Slovenian orchestras and has worked with ensembles such as the Ensemble Phoenix, Ricercar Consort, Stylus Phantasticus and the Grupe für Alte Musik München.

The approach of the Cortesia to the interpretation of music and dance is based upon research, study and reconstruction of original written records. With special attention and devotion they perform works of art composed by authors whose artistic activity was connected in the past with the territory of contemporary Slovenia. They wish to present the European culture of the Renaissance perion to selected audiences and - in that context - to emphasize and treasure their own music and dance heritage.

In 2007 a baroque mask ball is held at Schloss Engers. Hopefully this will be continued.

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