Renaissance

Step back in time and join Aylwen and John Gardiner-Garden of the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy for a historical costume and dance tour of England this September. We have space for 15 guests to join us on tour around London and South-West England. The tour includes all accommodation & breakfast; entry to balls, museums, manor houses, palaces and exhibitions; 7-day travel card in London; entry to dance and costume workshops; private coach travel in Wiltshire; and more.

‘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.