Regency

 

 

Chestnut and Fantaisies Baroques welcome you from July 29 to August 3, 2019 to their fifth summer school of period dances in Normandy.

 

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CONTENTS

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• Dancing in Europe in two, four or eight during the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th centuries (Italian, French and English tradition)
• Baroque dances
• Jane Austen & Regency dances
• French 1rst Empire - Restauration dances

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With four different subjects and two instructors (Cécile Laye and Irène Feste), you’ll be able to make up your own schedule according to your tastes and how energetic you feel. You may opt for an intensive dance programme, up to 6 hours daily, or choose a mix of workshops and time for resting or for touring the area.

In our workshops, the programme allows for all levels of dancing. Each dancer will be taught variations suitable to his/her possibilities.

Each day will start at 9 a.m. with a half hour of warming up exercises, led by each instructor in turn.

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

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MORNING : 

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• Dancing in Europe in two, four and eight during the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th centuries through the Italian, French and English traditions workshop (3 hours : 9.45 am - 0.45 pm): Cécile Laye  

 

1. An Andréa Francalanci choreography for several couples on the Toccata of Monteverdi’s Orfeo
2. La Battaglia: a ballet for two couples, written by Cesare Negri, « Milanese detto il Trombone», in 1602
3. Two choreographies for 8 dancers out of Playford’s early editions: Hunsdon House and Nonsuch

 

or

• Baroque dances workshop (3 hours : 9.45 am - 0.45 pm): Irène Feste

 

La Czarienne par Monsieur Balon, out of the XVIth Recueil de danses dated 1718, collected and edited by Mr Dezais, a Dancing Master. It is a ballroom dance in two parts, one a 3-time piece, the other a rigaudon. Initiation à la notation Beauchamp-Feuillet

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AFTERNOON :

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• Jane Austen's and Regency dances workshop(1 hour and half : 3.00 pm - 4.30 pm or 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm on alternate days): Cécile Laye 

 

In 1798 Jane Austen, then 23 years old, came home from a ball and wrote “The programme included twenty dances. I danced them all without feeling tired at all”. Based on Jane Austen’s books and letters, we’ll try and find out what she could have danced at the time:

1. A cotillon en allemande (Longman 1781)
2. A longways triple minor set (Frisky - Straight and Skillern 1775)
3. A reel
4. La Boulangère (Colinet 1815 and Campbell)

 

and/or

 

• French 1rst Empire - Restauration workshop (1 hour and half : 3.00 pm - 4.30 pm or 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm on alternate days): Irène Feste 

 

An adaptation of la Cosaqueaccording to Michel Saint Léon’s « Cahiers d’exercices ». It is a character dance that came into fashion in balls around the 1830s. It calls for the elaborate technical vocabulary we still use but in our workshops we’ll adapt it, while respecting its style, in order to make the learning and dancing more pleasant.

 

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EVENING ACTIVITIES

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Evening entertaiment will be organized for trainees and instructors to share a good time:

• Tuesday: team quizz on period dances
• Wednesday: films
• Thursday: will be decided by trainees
• Friday :  Costume Ball including the dances studied in the workshops. (Please note: costume is not a must.)

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TEACHERS

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Cécile LAYE

Cécile Laye studied historical dances in England with Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society, Nonsuch History and Dance and EFDSS (English folk Dance and Song Society). She studied in particular with famous teachers or researchers such as Anne Daye, Anne Cottis, Peggy Dixon, Ethyl Anderson, Marjorie Fennessy, Tom Cook and Alan Davies. In France, she studied under Francine Lancelot, Andréa Francalancci and Barbara Sparti. In 1998 she founded the CHESTNUT company to make available the repertoire of figure dances of the time of the Stuarts and the English inheritance, from a literary and historical point of view, in collaboration with musicians, dancers, actors, singers, horse riders and fencers. She also graduated from Cours Florent in acting and staging.

 

Irène FESTE

After a diploma in ballet dancing,  Irène Feste studied « Belle Dance » with  L’Eclat des Muses, a company led by Christine Bayle. In 2007, she founded her own company with Pierre-François Dollé: Fantaisies Baroques. They design and perform dance/theatre shows in schools and music schools. Irène Feste specialises in baroque and Premier Empire (Napoleonic time) dances, her two main fields of research. She regularly dances with compagnie Divertimenty.

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VENUE

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Le Tapis Vert, a residence for artists nestling in a large estate in the Normandie-Maine park, offers several accommodation possibilities on site, from boarding-house to rented rooms and camping. Also on site, two superb halls for activities and a circus tent make for a high quality environment.

 

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FEES

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Tuition prices (€/pers.) : 

1 hour 30 Module: €125

• French 1rst Empire - Restauration (1h30 in the afternoon)
• Jane Austen & Regency dances (1h30 in the afternoon)

 

3 hours Module :  €216

• Baroque dances (3 hours in the morning)
• Dancing in Europe 16th & 17th centuries (3 hours in the morning)
• French 1rst Empire - Restauration + Jane Austen & Regency dances (2 x 1h30 in the afternoon)

 

4 hours 30 Module : €288

• Baroque dances (3 hours in the morning) + French 1rst Empire - Restauration or Jane Austen & Regency dances (2 x 1h30 in the afternoon)
• Dancing in Europe 16th & 17th centuries (3 hours in the morning) + French 1rst Empire - Restauration or Jane Austen & Regency dances (2 x 1h30 in the afternoon)

 

6 hours Module: €336

• Baroque dances (3 hours in the morning) + French 1rst Empire - Restauration and Jane Austen & Regency dances (2 x 1h30 in the afternoon)
• Dancing in Europe 16th & 17th centuries (3 hours in the morning) + French 1rst Empire - Restauration and Jane Austen & Regency dances (2 x 1h30 in the afternoon)

 

Accommodation and meals prices  (€/pers.) : available on our site and on registration form.

Please note : before you fill in your registration form, please check with us calling +33 660 222 321 or contacting us at contact@chestnut.fr to find out which type of accommodation is still available.

Please note: there are no shops near Tapis Vert. It is a long way from any village.

• Bed sheets are included in the price
• Towels are not included. You have to bring them.

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HOW TO GET THERE

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Reaching Tapis Vert

1. By car

Le Tapis vert is 200 km away from Paris and 130 km away from Rennes.

2. By train

The nearest train station is Alençon, reached either through Surdon from Paris Montparnasse-Vaugirard or by TGV through Le Mans. Share taxi or car from Alençon station.

IMPORTANT if you come by train: 

Le Tapis Vert is a half-hour drive away from the Alençon train station.  Taxis  are available. However, we try to coordinate dancers arriving by car so that they collect those arriving by train on their way. And we try and to the same on Saturday for departures.

If you arrive on Monday:

We’ll try and organise cars to fetch people arriving in Alençon on the 16:06 train and bring them to Tapis Vert. Please let us know if you chose that train, and if not, at what time you plan to get to Alençon.

Please note: we do our best to organise cars and bring train passengers from the Alençon station to Tapis Vert on Monday afternoon. However, if you arrive too late you may have to take a taxi. 

Leaving on Saturday:

We’ll organise car sharing to Alençon railway station on Saturday morning for those taking the 12:48 train. Please let us know if you chose that train or if not, at what time you’ll be leaving.

Please note: we’ll do our best to organise car-sharing and drive train passengers to the Alençon station on Saturday morning. However, if you leave too early or are the only one from Tapis Vert taking a particular train you may have to take a taxi. 

 

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TRAINEES’ WELCOME

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Trainees are welcome from 5:00 pm on Monday, July 29, 2019.

Please note : as no evening meal is provided on the first day evening (Monday), please bring a picnic dinner !

Departure on Saturday, August 3, 2019 after breakfast.

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REGISTRATION

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Please note : before you fill in your registration form, please check with us calling +33 660 222 321 or contacting us at contact@chestnut.fr to find out which type of accommodation is still available.

Registration form available here (if nothing is displayed, look in the downloads of your browser)

Payment from abroad by bank transfer or PayPal : please contact us +33 660 222 321 or contact@chestnut.fr 

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CONTACT- INFORMATION

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contact@chestnut.fr or +33 660 222 321

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FLYER :

Flyer Tapis Vert 2019

In diesem Workshop wollen wir eine abwechslungsreiche Mischung aus Tänzen aus verschiedenen Ländern tanzen. Auf dem Programm stehen Choreographien verschiedenerTypen - Gassentänze, Cotillons, Quadrillen –aus verschiedenen Ländern.

Für diesen Tanzworkshop ist Tanzerfahrung wünschenswert. Bitte bequeme Kleidung und Gymnastikschuhe oder ähnliches mitbringen.
Ein Partner wird für die Anmeldung nicht benötigt!

Zeit: Samstag, 13.4.2019, 10– 16 Uhr und Sonntag, 14.4.2019 10 – 16 Uhr

Unkostenbeitrag 18 € 

zzgl. 24 € für Mittagessen an beiden Tagen (wahlweise)

 

Wir planen einen Workshop zum Thema "Wiener Klassik". Näheres findet ihr in der angehängten Ausschreibung.

 

Courses, concerts and seminars managed by Il Teatro della Memoria (artistic direction: Claudia Celi and Andrea Toschi)

Courses & Teachers:

16-17th century dancing: Claudia Celi
17th-18th century dancing: Ilaria Sainato
19th century social dances: Paolo Di Segni
Baroque Oboe: Angela Paletta
Classical Clarinet and Chalumeau: Giulia Zannin
Recorder: Marco Rosa Salva
Renaissance and Baroque Singing: Rosanna Rossoni
Renaissance and Baroque Trombone: Ercole Nisini
Renaissance Lute, Theorbo and Baroque Guitar: Francesco Tomasi
Cembalo Accompaniment: Paolo Tagliapietra

Rhethorical Gesture Seminar: Ilaria Sainato
Qi Gong Seminar: Angela Paletta

Ensemble Music and Dance Accompaniment Practice

The teachers’ CVs are available on this page.
Location: Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio – Rome – Italy.
Programs, regulations, costs and registration form for L’Humor Bizzarro Summer Workshop will soon be available on this blog.

More information and registration (Source)

Ladies and Gentleman,   Jane Austen School of Dance has the honor to invite you to II Jane Austen Ball, that will take place on 27th of April 2019 in Grand Hotel (Sławkowska 5 street, Kraków). At 17.00 we shall begin a great dance event in the spirit of XIX century balls of European aristocracy. During the event we will go back to the times of Jane Austen - that is to the turn of XVIII and XIX century - and together we will recreate the world of novels such as "Pride and Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility".   II Jane Austen Ball will be a historical ball, so we kindly ask all the guests to follow the dress code: formal ball attire according to 1791-1817 fashion (years of Jane Austen's literary activity). We do offer our help with finding such attire, should it be needed. On the agenda we'll have dances popular during Jane's life: known and loved contredances, dancing challenges for the more advanced guests as well as a few characteristic polish court dances. Available for guests will be a big ballroom, games room, balcony, photography atelier, restaurant, dressing room and cloakroom. During the ball a warm dinner will be provided (included in the price of the ticket).   To sign up please send a mail to the following address: baljaneausten@gmail.com All information regarding payment and any other relevant information will be given in a return email.   Prices Before 12th of February 170 zł (40€) - normal ticket 150 zł (35€) - workshop attendees, groups over 5 people or foreigners   Between 12th of February and 1st of April 190 zł (45€) - normal ticket 170 zł (40€) - workshop attendees, groups over 5 people or foreigners   After 1st of April - contact the organizers.   Information regarding payment methods will be given out exclusively by the organizers, Jane Austen School of Dance.   Ticket availability is limited, do not miss your chance!   You will find more information, including a dance list and pre-ball workshops on our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/734011943652637/

akustische Instrumente und modern interpretierte Tänze

gemeinsam tanzen, ohne Vorkenntnisse, Figuren werden erklärt

Kulturkantine/Kaisersaal TdA Stendal in der Hallstr. 54

26. Februar + 26. März 2019 @ 18:30 – 20:00 Uhr

Die Anzahl der Teilnehmer ist auf 30 begrenzt.
Anmeldung und weitere Termine unter:

www.tomreinecke.wix.com/werkstatt

Welcome to the Seventh Malta Regency Weekend!

As always, we’re beavering away to make this one the best yet. The activities have
all been lined up, for your pleasure, and the costings should be finalised within
the next couple of weeks. The program will be:
Friday 26th

– late morning winery visit with light lunch
– dance workshop
– evening meal at the Castille Hotel

Saturday 27th

– Palazzo Falson in Mdina and the Dominican Priory
– lunch in the cloister of the Dominican Priory
– the Ball and a Corsair Captain’s meal

Sunday 28th

– a day of leisure at Villa Bologna, Attard

Friday 26th April - Maria Rosa Wine Estate (modern outfits)

We start our weekend with a late-morning wine tasting and light lunch at Maria
Rosa, a boutique wine estate in Attard, where we will be shown around the
vineyard and cellar, hear an explanation of the production process, and enjoy a
light lunch while tasting several wines. A selection of Maria Rosa wines will be
available for purchase. A coach will take us from the meeting point outside
Phoenicia Hotel to Attard and back, in time for a rest before the dance workshop.

Friday 26th April - Dance Workshop & meal
The dance workshop will run from 5pm to 8pm. We had planned to hold the
workshop in the under croft of St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, as we’ve done many
times, but we’ve just learned that it may not be available due to administrative
changes. We have alternative venues in mind and we will advise you of the chosen
one in an update before the event. Wear modern clothes and comfortable shoes.
Biscuits and lemonade will be served during a break. The workshop will be
conducted by Valerie Webster, who will call the dances at the Ball.

When the workshop ends, a ‘fun train’ will convey us to the Castille Hotel, where
we will socialise while partaking of pasta and salad in their rooftop restaurant
which has magnificent views of the Grand Harbour.

Saturday 27th April - Palazzo Falson and the Dominican Priory

Our Saturday morning visit, in period clothes, will start from the meeting point
outside Phoenicia Hotel. A coach will take us to Mdina for a guided tour around
Palazzo Falson, also known as The Norman House. This attractive old house dates
back to the late 15th century and is home to an eclectic collection of artefacts
assembled by the late Captain Olof Gollcher, artist, scholar and philanthropist,
who set up a Foundation to preserve his house and vast collection for the cultural
enrichment of the Maltese nation.

A coach will take us to the Dominican Priory where we will visit the church and
crypt before settling at our tables for lunch in the stunning cloister which wraps
all the way round a baroque orange grove.

Game of Thrones fans may recognise this beautiful space, which featured as
Red Keep Garden in Episode 7 of Season 1, “You Win or You Die”.

Saturday 27th April - The Ball at the Maritime Museum, Birgu
Apart from the usual coach from the Phoenicia Hotel, we are offering the option
of crossing the Grand Harbour in a fleet of small boats, survivors from the horde
of water taxis which served the Mediterranean fleet at anchor in port and the
many eminent visitors to Malta. Each boat can take a maximum of six people.

Birgu, one of the oldest cities in Malta, is where the Knights of St John first made
their home in 1530. The Ball will be held at the National Maritime Museum on the
waterfront with views over the Marina, the city of Senglea and across Grand
Harbour to Valletta.

This building was erected in the 1840s as the Naval bakery and has architectural
features which are quite unusual for Malta, including cast iron columns and
Catalan vaults.

The Curator, Liam Gauci, has spent years researching all aspects of Corsairing in
the Mediterranean in the second half of the eighteenth century. He has revealed,
in astounding detail, what was eaten and drunk by these corsairs, both serving
men and top-ranking officers. Based on this research, he has prepared for us a
selection of delicacies which would have been served at a Corsair Captain’s dining
table accompanied by the same wines which the Captain would have drunk.

Liam will give us a short introductory talk before the food is served. We will be
free to roam the museum and view the exhibits throughout the evening.
Valerie Webster will call the dances. We will have a few old favourites, some
less-known dances which deserve an airing, and we will have four Maltese dances.
Two of these, based on musical themes collected in Malta, were published in
England between 1807 and 1813. We’ve identified more music collected in Malta
in the same period and we will launch two more dances with appropriate dance
notation.
The Museum has a terrace, from where we may be able to see the Fireworks
display which should start at about 9pm over the Grand Harbour.

After the Ball, a coach will take us back to the Phoenicia Hotel meeting point.

Sunday 28th April - Villa Bologna in Attard
The charms of Villa Bologna have lured us back four years after our first visit.
This palatial villa, with its extensive gardens, was built as an aristocratic country

Wie fanden sich Elizabeth Bennet und Mr. Darcy? Auf einem Ball natürlich. Und was wurde auf dem Ball getanzt? Country Dances natürlich. Im Werk von Jane Austen (1775-1817) spielen diese Tänze eine ganz besondere Rolle, waren sie doch die Unterhaltung schlechthin bei allen festlichen Anlässen. Und das nicht ohne Grund, denn die Gassenaufstellung, die für Country Dances dieser Zeit typisch ist, bringt es mit sich, dass jede mit jedem einmal tanzt. Das verleiht den auf diese Weise gestalteten Festen eine ganz besondere Stimmung.

Tänzerische Vorkenntnisse sind von Vorteil, aber nicht unbedingt erforderlich.
Paarweise Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.

Bitte mitbringen: bequeme Trainingskleidung und Tanzschuhe mit flacher, flexibler Sohle (keine Straßenschuhe).

Tanzreferentin: Nicolle Klinkeberg

Kurszeiten:
Sa/So: 13:00-17:30 Uhr (mit jeweils 30 Minuten Pause)
Anmeldung über: www.mvhs.de
 

7pm – 11pm

 

Come and celebrate 50 years of historical dance with a masquerade ball Regency style. Bring the spirit of the Venetian Carnival to Newark with
fantastic costumes and masks: prizes for the most inventive! An elegant cold buffet supper will be served in the interval. Cash bar. 

Callers: Anne Daye, Libby Curzon and Toni Warner. All dances will be called.

Musicians: Ian Cutts and Austen Allegros

Afternoon workshop 3pm – 5pm on the day to enable dancers to put their best foot forward. The dance programme with instructions will be available in advance. A selection of the dances will be taught in advance in local & regional classes led by the callers. Changing facilities available beforehand from 6pm.

Tickets: £70 HDS members / £80 Non-members. Application form overleaf. Booking Enquiries to Libby Curzon: email: HDSballboxoffice@gmail.com

Flyer (Pdf)