Renaissance

‘Ballet about Coffee’to the music of J.S Bach falls within the tradition of ballets with fanciful and exotic subjects staged in the 17th and 18th centuries. Created on the basis of steps and figures of Baroque dance, as well as elements of the pantomime of the day, this humorous performance alludes to the fashion of drinking what was an original beverage at that time.

Chess, based on J. Kochanowski's peom, is a ballet and pantomime performance with music of the Polish, Italian and French Renaissance. The poem is presented to the audience through dance, pantomime and the spoken word. The ingenious and humorous text reveals the genuine feelings and emotions of the characters, while the vivid and dynamic plot provides ideal material for a performance based on Renaissance dance and pantomime movement.

7.15 p.m.

Professor Duncan-Jones of Somerville College, Oxford, will take her audience through the active career of William Kemp, famous for "dancing to Norwich". His roles in plays by Shakespeare and others will be discussed, as well as the likely extent of his career post 1600. Professor Duncan-Jones has been widely published on Sidney and Shakespeare and is currently working on Elizabthan foold and foolery.

This lecture is free to members and non-members alike. For further information, please contact:
Sharon Butler (020 8699 8519) or Barbara Segal (0207700 4293)

Crystal Ball - The Grand Masquerade Ball

CRYSTAL BALL 
Crystal Ball Movie
SATURDAY February 9th, 7.30 PM
Traditional Great Baroque Night in Masques, Banquet and Masquerade Ball
http://wussin.cz/wussin/Crystal_Ball_en.html

Clam-Gallas Palace, Husova 20, Prague 1 - Old Town
http://www.operabarocc

BELLARIA 
SATURDAY February 2nd, 8.00 PM
Baroque concert and baroque refreshments.
http://www.carnevale.cz/carnevale_program_en/Program_en/Entries/2011/1/1...

Live Baroque music, classic arias and dances from famous ballets and operas XVII. and XVII. century, followed by carnival baroque refreshments. Glowing Baroque festivities in the authentic baroque palace. Aperitif - Concert - Baroque banquet - …music played out, the second act of the evening is just beginning ... Accept invitation to an extraordinary Baroque table, under the artistic supervision by Franzis Wussin.

Images of dance can often be read as symbols of love and the expression of desire. This lecture examines themes of love, courtship and marriage in the National Gallery Collection and considers the role of art and dance in the courtly celebrations and rituals of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Während man sich im ausgehenden 16. Jahrhundert in den übrigen Ländern Europas gerade bemühte, die Errungenschaften der italienischen Renaissance zu kopieren, suchte man in Italien bereits wieder nach neuen Ausdrucksformen, die die Werke eines Raffaels, eines Bramantes oder eines Leonardos ablösen sollten. Auch die Tanzkunst an den italienischen Fürstenhöfen hatte in den letzten Jahrzehnten eine neue Gestalt angenommen, wie sie uns in den Tanzbüchern Carosos und Negris überliefert ist.

Due seminari con Barbara Sparti

19-20 gennaio 2013

Interpretazioni di Moresche della fine del Quattrocento
Interpretations of late-15th-century Moresche

23-24 febbraio 2013

Un’ipotesi coreografica
Tirsi e Clori di Claudio Monteverdi
Working on Choreography: Monteverdi’s Tirsi and Clori

Livello intermedio/avanzato

Le prenotazioni devono pervenire a gloria.giordano@fastwebnet.it

entro e non oltre il 5 gennaio 2013 per il primo seminario
entro e non oltre il 5 febbraio 2013 per il secondo seminario