Renaissance

Fancy a fun class of XVI Century Italian courtly Dance?

Keen to discover what dances the courtiers would have enjoyed to celebrate marriages and dynastic celebrations of Italian court life?

Step back in time an join this master class of historical dance on Sunday 17th June, 11am - 2pm at The Place, 16 Flaxman Terrace London.

Beginners welcome.

Tutor: Simona Cavaliere

Please contact Simona on:

07717.269.796 or info@futureforthearts.co.uk

Fee: £15/£10 concs

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

The 'Cracovia Danza' Court Dance Festival is the biggest show of court dance in all Europe.(Bill Tuck 2007)

Held annually, the Festival was first launched in 2000 to mark the granting of the title of "The European Capital of Culture" to Krakow.

It was initiated in the era of rekindled interest in the history of dance, the need to return to the sources of the common European heritage and the willingness to come together and exchange experiences among a wide group of historical dance ensembles active in Poland and abroad.

A workshop with classes in historical dance (Baroque Dance, Baroque Dance Notation, and Renaissance Dance); English Country Dance; a fully staged production (Telemann’s opera, Der geduldige Socrates (1721); a special dance performance, “Sondershausen Sing-Ballett,” (1702) with the Festival Oboe Band; lectures; concerts; and more. Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dr. Dorothy Olsson

Further info:
Amherst Early Music, Inc.
Marilyn Boenau, Director
P.O. Box 229
Arlington, MA 02476, U.S.A.
Phone: 781-488-3337
Website: www.amherstearlymusic.org
Email: info@amherstearlymusic.org

Traditional historic costume ball (ranging from Gothic to nineteenth century). The dance live music - two bands .. During the ball and is learning simple dances for beginners, intermediate come into their own during the purely instrumental parts - Galliard, Alta Mendoza, Bassa Pompilia etc.

Great historic town festivities, more of dance groups, with an amazing atmosphere in one of the best preserved historical cities of the Czech Crown Lands. Dance performances are from the late Gothic / early Renaissance to the late Renaissance - Mannerism. Alla Danza will dance the courtly dance in the style of French and Italian Mannerism and town dances on Orchésographie from Thoinot Arbeau.
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