Regency

A Weekend dedicated to dance in 1818 in Lucca, Tuscany. 

On Friday 24th August 2018, from 9pm to 11pm, there will be a run-through of the choreography for the Grand Ball, in Palazzo Tucci in Lucca, in costumes from 1805 to 1818, held by Maestro Donald Francis from L'Atelier de Danse in Florence.

On Saturday 25th August 2018, from 6pm till 1am, there will be a Grand Napoleonic Ball with the theme "Midsummer Nights", in ball costumes from 1805 till 1818 and neoclassic faeries and elves. It will be held in Villa Rossi and its park, with Dance Master, Maestro Donald Francis and Orchestra Conductor, Maestro Valentino Zangara. There will be rides in a tethered Mongolfier Hot-Air Balloon on the lawn in front of the Villa, a fully staged performance of Mozart's Bastiano and Bastiana and a Napoleonic Buffet Froid all evening. The Villa will be lit only by real candles and there will be a full moon.

On Sunday 26th August there will be another Ball in the Royal Casino in Bagni di Lucca with the same Dance Master and Conductor. The costumes are 1805 to 1818 and the Ball is dedicated to the bicentenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary staying in Bagni for the summer. Mary had just published "Frankenstein" and Percy decided to translate Plato's "Symposium", a discourse on Love and Eros. 

Invitation to join our Northanger Abbey Ball in Surbiton to celebrate 200 years since the posthumous publication of that same novel by our famous author, Jane Austen.
It is also the 5th anniversary of our dance class in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: Mrs Bennet’s Ballroom Regency Dance!

Music by Green Ginger

Dancing Master Stuart Marsden and Dancing Mistress Libby Curzon 

Dancing, dinner and cash bar. 
Dress code: Regency or Highland
Tickets £60 - all payment details on the ticket application form.  See Contacts for email address   

Rehearsals at our regular weekly dance classes: Wednesdays in Surbiton and Tuesday in Fulham. 

See website www.mrsbennet.com for dates and venues.

L'Humor Bizzarro

International Early Music & Dance Workshop
17th Edition – Rome July28th – August 5th, 2018
Courses, concerts and seminars managed by
Il Teatro della Memoria (artistic direction: Claudia Celi and Andrea Toschi)

The teachers of L’Humor Bizzarro 2018:

• 16th Century Dances between Italy and Spain: Claudia Celi
• 17th-18th Century Dances and Contredanses between France and Spain: Ilaria Sainato
• 19th Century Social Dances: Paolo Di Segni
• Baroque Oboe: Angela Paletta
• Recorder: Marco Rosa Salva
• Renaissance & Baroque Singing: Rosanna Rossoni
• Renaissance & 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’ CV are available on this page.

More info at this link

Les compagnies Chestnut et Fantaisies Baroques organisent leur 4ème stage résidentiel d’été dans le Parc Naturel Normandie-Maine.
du lundi 30 juillet au samedi 4 août 2018

• Danser en Europe (XVIème et XVIIème siècles, France, Italie, Angleterre) 
• Danse baroque
• Danse anglaise à figures
• Danses 1er Empire-Restauration

LIEU : centre de résidence artistique, Le Tapis Vert, blotti dans un vaste domaine situé dans le parc  Normandie-Maine, propose dans un seul lieu plusieurs possibilités d’hébergement. Sur place également, deux superbes salles d’activité et un chapiteau contribuent à offrir un environnement de qualité aux stagiaires.

Tous les détails, tarifs et bulletin d'inscription bientôt disponibles ici.

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A bientôt pour de belles danses !

Auch 2018 ist Jane Austen für uns die Namenspatronin für die Tänze der Empirezeit – des späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts, auch wenn diesmal kein rundes Jubiläum ansteht. Wir werden uns in diesem Jahr nicht ganz so eng an Jane Austen orientieren, schließlich wollen wir ja auch viele neue Tänze erlernen, der eine oder andere echte Jane Austen Tanz wird aber natürlich dabei sein.

Neben Tänzen aus England werden diesmal auch insbesondere Tänze aus deutschen Musenalmanachen, wie „Beckers Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen“ auf dem Programm stehen. Dabei entsteht ein buntes Potpourri aus verschiedenen Tanzformen der Zeit.

Auch dieses Wochenende ist wieder besonders anfängergeeignet und bietet einen breiten Einblick in den Tanz der Empirezeit.

Wer mag, und entsprechende Kleidung hat, kann an diesem Wochenende auch gerne im Kostüme tanzen – wer also in ein Empire Kleid oder in einen Frack schlüpfen möchte, mag das tun, alle anderen tragen normale moderne Kleidung – wie immer.

Historischer Tanz in Frankfurt 2018:
9.-10. Juni: Damensolo - Folie d'Espagne pour femme (1700)
8.-9. Sep.: 18. Jahrhundert - Das Cotillon Wochenende
17.-18. Nov.: Empire – Das Jane Austen Wochenende
8.-9. Dez.: Paartanz - Aimable vainqueur (1701)

Weitere Informationen finden sich auf meiner Webseite www.historische-tanzkunst.de sowie im Flyer.

In diesem Workshop wollen wir Tänze aus der Zeit von Jane Austen (1775-1817) tanzen. Auf dem Programm steht eine abwechslungsreiche Mischung von Choreographien  verschiedene Typen - 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: Freitag, 13.4.2018, 19– 22 Uhr und Samstag, 14.4.2018 10 – 16 Uhr

Unkostenbeitrag 15 € 

zzgl. 5,20 € für eine Kaffeepause am Samstagnachmittag (wahlweise)

Our annual Pride & Prejudice Ball is so popular that for 2018 we have added a new afternoon tea dance at the beautiful Lion Ballroom in Leominster.  There will be a live band and caller at each event – so dress up in your Georgian finery and join us!  Light refreshments provided.

Tickets are £17, available from Eventbrite (booking fee payable in addition)

We are delighted to welcome you to the Sixth Malta Regency Weekend, which will run from Friday the 27th to Sunday the 29th of April, 2018. Booking forms may be requested by mailing me, Nicky Bianchi, on villafort@gmail.com. Please indicate whether you prefer to pay in Euro or Pounds Sterling. If you haven’t already done so, you should secure your air tickets and accommodation as soon as possible. We recommend that you stay in or near to Valletta. Transport will be provided for any activities which do not take place in Valletta. Please let me know if any of your friends would like to be added to our mailing list.

Program of Activities
Friday 27th April, 2018

Building on the success of last year’s Wine Tasting experience, we’ve arranged a visit to Emmanuel Delicata, one of Malta’s leading wine producers. Delicata entered their first international wine competition in 1995, receiving four awards with five wines entered. Since then, Delicata has amassed well over 100 international medals and awards. These include Silver medals from the Concorso Enologico Internazionale in Verona, and the prestigious International Wine Challenge in London. At the Chardonnay du Monde in Burgundy, France, Delicata’s Chardonnay wines have received both Silver and Bronze medals, and at the home of Cabernet Sauvignon in Bordeaux France, Delicata’s Grand Vin de Hauteville won a Gold and a Silver at the International Challenge du Vin. The Delicata cellars are situated near the Grand Harbour docks. We will assemble, in modern clothes, in front of the Phoenicia Hotel which is just outside Valletta, at 1030. A coach will take us to Delicata, where we will enjoy a welcome drink of sparkling wine, learn about Delicata’s history and current production and taste another four wines, discussing their different characters and what makes them unique. A selection of canapés will be served during the wine tasting. This should be a lively and informative morning. At 1300 our coach will take us back to the Phoenicia, allowing time for a rest before the dance workshop.

The Dance Workshop will start at 1700, in the under croft of St Paul’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral, which has been completely refurbished. The door to the under croft is half way down the steps, which are the lower end of Old Theatre Street. Valerie Webster will be our caller and the music will be provided by Cuerdas String Quartet. Homemade lemonade and biscuits will be served in the break. Please arrive early, to allow yourself time to chat with friends. We would like to start the workshop on time.

At 2000, a buffet supper will be served at the De Robertis Restaurant on top of the Castille Hotel (easy walking distance), which has a stupendous vista over the Grand Harbour. There will be a large selection of salads, followed by a choice of pasta dishes. Bottled water is included but all other drinks, coffee and desserts must be paid for there and then.

By special request, we have a treat this year. Vincent Zammit, TV & radio presenter, author, lecturer and tourist guide, will lead us around the capital, seeing it as we have never seen it before and discovering its dark secrets, stories of murder, robberies from churches, executions and fraud carried out by important people. Many of you will be tired after the workshop but we really couldn’t fit it in any other time. Those who opt to go on the Dark Tour of Valletta will meet Vincent outside the Castille Hotel at 2230. The tour will end by midnight.

Saturday 28th April, 2018

At 0845 we will assemble, in Regency attire, at the Belvedere of the Upper Barrakka Gardens, to admire the view over the Grand Harbour and the old walled cities on the other side. We will be guided to Casa Rocca Piccola in Republic Street where we will divide into three groups, which will rotate so that everybody will experience each activity on offer.

There will be a tour of the historic Casa Rocca Piccola, still lived in by the Marquis de Piro and his family, and full of wonderful furniture, paintings and ornaments.

There will be a talk about Maltese late baroque/Regency costume and the opportunity to examine some of the extant garments in the collection (and which are not usually available to view).

There will also be a visit to the Oratory of the Blessed Sacrament (just across the street) to see the chapel and its fine paintings, silver, etc.

Jane Austen Festival Australia is an annual celebration in Canberra where living history enthusiasts from all over Australia come and indulge themselves in everything Georgian, Regency & Early Victorian - including dancing, music, food, games, archery, fencing, theatre, promenades, grand balls, talks, workshops, costumes and books. Since its inception in 2008 this little festival has blossomed into one of the most delightful weekend anyone could experience each April in an old and beautiful part of Canberra, the Federal capital of Australia.

Jane Austen Festival Australia was the idea of Aylwen Gardiner-Garden and first took place in 2008. Aylwen's aim was to hold an annual celebration where living history enthusiasts from all over Australia could come and indulge themselves in dance, music, food, games, costumes and books. This festival is now a regular part of the ACT Heritage Festival and Australian Heritage Week.

Each year the Festival grows with more people dressing in historic costume celebrating the life and works of Jane Austen. Events are organised by the Festival team under the guidance of the festival director Aylwen Gardiner-Garden - small soirees, concerts, a costumed promenade, theatre, period games, fashion, food, lectures and of course LOTS of dancing feature over four days and four nights - led by dance teacher and historian, John Gardiner-Garden.