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The Relationships between Dance and other Arts

The Call for Papers has already gone out for next year’s Biennial Conference, under the stewardship of Barbara Segal. The range of topics should be wide, offering many a chance for our learned speakers to place early dance in its cultural context on all fronts.

Once again, we have searched for an appropriate but affordable venue. Seldom an easy task! However this time we are able to offer those who attend a “country house” weekend.  St Katharine’s, Parmoor, is an historic house standing in 12 acres of grounds in the Chilterns. Once a private home, its peaceful and relaxed atmosphere should make it ideal for a residential weekend.

The History of St Katharine’s

In 1995, the nuns of the order of St Katharine of Alexandria gave the house and grounds, now a Grade 2 Listed Building, to Lady Ryder, better known as Sue Ryder.  It became The Sue Ryder Prayer Fellowship, an independent charity dedicated to the needs of others. People from all walks of life visit Parmoor.

An ancient Cedar of Lebanon recalls the fact that the estate was once owned by the Knights Templar and the legend is that the tree grew from a seed collected from the Lebanon during the Crusades.

What was probably a farmhouse passed through the Saunders family in the 16th century to the Doyles in 1603, with whom it remained for 200 years. They created a large brick and flint manor house and later added a Georgian extension.

In 1860, Henry William Cripps QC acquired it as a family home for his family of 10 children.  However, he remodelled the house completely.  The only relics of the older house are one brick and flint wall, the oak beams in the kitchen and the oak used for the banisters and newels in the hall staircase and some of the bookcases in the library. 

Charles Alfred Cripps QC, a politician, used the house to entertain the ‘great and the good’ of the day.  He added a large banqueting hall with a suite of guest rooms above, panelled the dining room, embellished the staircase with a large stained glass window and remodelled the entrance.

King Zog of Albania

Parmoor House has had a colourful life. When Lord Parmoor died in 1941, Parmoor House was let to King Zog of Albania (1895-1961), who had been forced into exile when Mussolini invaded Albania in 1939. King Zog lived at Parmoor with his Hungarian wife, Queen Geraldine, their young son Prince Leka, members of his family, their servants, bodyguards and pets. His retainers lived in Little Parmoor down the road, and his Ministers and their families were billeted to houses around Lane End. Along with his retinue, King Zog also arrived with seven crates of gold which were probably stored in a small strong room in the cellar. Parties were held at the house for government officials and sometimes other exiled heads of state, including General De Gaulle and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. In 1946, however,  King Zog moved to Egypt. As far as we know, the crates of gold went with him.

On February 11th 1947 the second Lord Parmoor sold the house and 12 acres to the Anglican Community of St. Katharine of Alexandria. They remained for 51 years.

THE HOUSE & GROUNDS

Those attending the EDC Conference next April will enter a panelled Entrance Hall, with antique furniture, a grand piano and stained glass windows. Hopefully, in April we will not need the log fire. The large Main Hall will be used for our papers and workshops, as well as for a dance on the Saturday evening. We are free to stroll around the grounds, or find a quiet corner to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. There is an orchard, a pond (with ducks), a formal garden and a walled garden being developed to provide vegetables, fruit and flowers for the house.

In 2016, then, we can look forward to another stimulating and enjoyable Conference in a romantic setting with a tale of its own to tell.

Musik und Tanz aus Renaissance und Barock mit den singstimmen baselland und der Gruppe Danza Antica

19 Uhr

Zum Historischen Sommernachtsball 2015 bieten Pia Brocza und Alexander Fischer eine Ballvorbereitung, die auch unabhängig vom Ball besucht werden kann, in Form von Tanzanimation am 19. September 2015 von 15 bis 16:30 Uhr. Unkostenbeitrag für die Ballvorbereitung: 15 Euro pro Person, keine Vorkenntnisse nötig! Kursort: Studio Manhardt, Neubaugasse 38, 1070 Wien.

Infos, Kost en & Tickets zum Ball: siehe Homepage www.historischer-sommernachtsball.at.

individuali, o per 2 o più persone (in base alla coreografia
scelta), in cui i partecipanti approfondiscono lo studio della
tecnica e dello stile di brani coreografici da loro proposti,
tratti dal repertorio italiano dal XV al XVII secolo e francese
del XVII e XVIII secolo.

Le MASTER CLASS prevedono una lezione individuale, una
lezione collettiva di riscaldamento e un lavoro di gruppo su
un brano di repertorio proposto dal docente. Tutte le lezioni
sono giornaliere.

Fonti principali per il reperimento del repertorio:
GUGLIELMO EBREO, De pratica seu arte tripudii, 1463
GIOVANNI AMBROSIO, De pratica seu arte tripudii, 1474c.
GIORGIO, De pratica seu arte tripudii, 1480c.
DOMENICO DA PIACENZA, De arte saltandi et choreas ducendi, 1455c.
CAROSO Fabritio, Il Ballarino, Venezia 1581
CAROSO Fabritio, Nobiltà di dame, Venezia 1600
NEGRI Cesare, Le Gratie d’Amore, Milano 1602
FEUILLET Raoul-Auger, Recueil de dances composées par Mr. Feuillet, Paris 1700
FEUILLET Raoul-Auger, Recueil de dances contenant un tres grand nombres,
des meillieures Entrées de Ballet de Mr. Pécour, Paris, Chez le Sieur Feuillet, 1704

O altre raccolte del periodo.

Il brano coreografico a scelta dei partecipanti va comunicato entro
il 18 Giugno a gloria.giordano@fastwebnet.it.
La MASTER CLASS comprende:
- una classe di riscaldamento collettiva giornaliera della durata di
30/40 minuti;
- una classe individuale giornaliera (singola; o per 2 o più persone in
base alla coreografia scelta) della durata di 30/40 minuti;
- un lavoro di gruppo giornaliero, su repertorio coreografico proposto
dal docente, della durata di 1 ora e mezza;
- i partecipanti possono assistere come uditori alle classi individuali
degli altri partecipanti.

Tassa d’iscrizione: " 50,00

Costo individuale:

per quanti propongono una coreografia solistica " 170,00
per quanti propongono una coreografia per 2 o più persone " 150,00
per chi desidera frequentare 2 classi individuali il costo della seconda
classe è di " 60,00

Lezioni di Danza Storica per musicisti

9_12 Luglio
Le lezioni si delineano come incontri di gruppo. Si tratta di
un’introduzione alla tecnica, allo stile e al repertorio
coreografico francese, desunto dai trattati di Pierre Rameau
(Le maître a danser, 1725) e Raoul-Auger Feuillet
(Chorégraphie ou l’Art de décrire la dance, 1700), attraverso
l’apprendimento dei passi base e la pratica dei differenti tipi
di danza: courante, menuet, sarabande, bourrée, ecc.
L’accompagnamento musicale sarà in parte affidato agli
stessi partecipanti, che si potranno alternare nel ruolo di
danzatori e strumentisti.
Durata:
- Lezione giornaliera di gruppo di 1 ora.
Costo individuale: " 40,00
Entrambi i corsi saranno attivati con un minimo di 6 iscritti.

Seit über 30 Jahren gibt es in Biberach die Veranstaltung "Tanz durch die Jahrhunderte" mit Tanzdarbietungen auf dem Biberacher Marktplatz. Dabei zeigen über 7 Tanzgruppen mit teilweise über 20 Tanzpaaren in historischen Kostümen Tänze verschiedener Epochen : Schalmei und Dudelsack spielen zu Bauerntänzen aus Mittelalter und Renaissance, Gamben, Blockflöten und Krummhörner begleiten Tänze höfische Tänze der Renaissance, ein gemischtes Streicher- und Bläser-Ensemble spielt zu Rokoko-Tänzen auf, und das große Sinfonieorchester spielt Tänze von der Johann Strauß. Dann folgen Charleston, Boogie-Woogie, Rock'n Roll und Breakdance. Das Wochenende umfasst den Besuch dieser Veranstaltung, am Samstag bietet ein workshop mit Martin Rösler Gelegenheit, einige Tänze aus den unterschiedlichen Epochen der Tanzgeschichte kennenzulernen und Hintergründe zu erfahren. Am Sonntag kann man die Tanzgruppen als Bestandteil des Historischen Festumzuges erleben und das anschließende "Lager" besuchen.

Unterkunft : LandHaus Eberhardzell, Fischbacher Straße 7, 88436 Eberhardzell

Beginn : Freitag 24.7.15 um 19.00 Uhr

Gemeinsamer Besuch des „Tanz durch die Jahrhunderte“ auf dem  Biberacher Marktplatz

Samstag : workshop mit Martin Rösler, „Tanz durch die Jahrhunderte“

Sonntag : Besuch des Biberacher Schützenfestes mit Historischen Umzug und  „Lagerleben“

Teilnehmerbeitrag für 2x Übernachten + Frühstück, Mittag- und Abendessen am Samstag, alle Eintritte und Seminargebühr : Nichtmitglieder 150.-, LAG-Mitglieder 130.-, Schüler / Stud. 110.-

EZ-Zuschlag soweit verfügbar 15.-

Rabatt 15.- bei Anmeldung vor dem 20.6.2015

Anmeldeschluss 30.6.2015

Anmeldung bei Rainer Rosenthal, Goldbacher Str. 19, 88662 Überlingen, Tel 07551-66626,

 mail r.rosenthal@web.de

We have been established and performing for over 30 years. Based in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Our Tutor is Amanda Wiliams.

We meet weekly during term time at 7.30pm on Thursday evenings at Norwich High School,

Norwich Historical Dance offer friendly classes, learning dances from the 15th to the 20th centuries under Amanda’s caring tuition, with the possibility of performing in costume.

New dancers welcome, no partners necessary. What to wear: flexible soft-soled shoes and comfortable lightweight clothing.

Our costumes are created to be as authentic as possible and where ever possible we have live and authentic music for performances.

Zusammen mit den Altstadtfreunden Nürnberg
lade ich Euch wieder zu einem ganz besonderen Tanzboden ein:
Zu einem Tanz in den Mai.
Die Walpurgisnacht ist berüchtigt für Hexentänz und Schabernack.
Traditionell gilt die Nacht vom 30. April auf den 1. Mai als die Nacht,
in der die Hexen insbesondere auf dem Blocksberg (eigentlich Brocken),
aber auch an anderen erhöhten Orten ein großes Fest abhalten.
Diese Vorstellung ist beeinflusst von den Beschreibungen
des Hexensabbat in der Literatur des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts.
Im 17. Jahrhundert erscheint bei Johannes Praetorius
(Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig 1668):
„Ausführlicher Geographischer Bericht
von den hohen trefflich alt- und berühmten Blockes-Berge:
ingleichen von der Hexenfahrt
und Zauber-Sabbathe
so auff solchen Berge die Unholden
aus gantz Teutschland
Jährlich den 1. Maij in Sanct-Walpurgis Nachte
anstellen sollen.“

Eine ganze Nacht lang lassen wir uns
in die Glanzzeit Nürnbergs zurückversetzen,
schmausen, lachen & tanzen.
 
Zu meinem historischen Tanzboden treffen sich regelmäßig Tanzfreunde
von Nah und Fern für normalerweise einen ganzen (Sonntag-)Nachmittag
mit leichten Tänzen zum Reinschnuppern und Mitmachen.
Diese Tänze sind Gassen- und Kreistänze aus drei Jahrhunderten.
Dabei ist die Auswahl der Tänze so getroffen,
dass jeder ohne Vorkenntnisse einfach mitmachen kann.
Die Pausen werden gefüllt mit Geschichten und Wissenswertem
aus der Renaissance und dem Barock.
Als Tanzmeister in historischer Gewandung entführe ich Euch
auf eine Reise an die Höfe von Fürsten und Königen.
Den Auftakt bildet diesmal ein gemeinsames zwangloses Mahl,
bei dem viel erzählt, geschmaust und gelacht werden darf,
bevor wir uns zu einem kleinen bunten Ball aufschwingen.
 
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich
an alle Tanzbegeisterten und Freunde historischer Tänze,
die diese kennen lernen, ausprobieren
oder einfach nur das bunte Treiben beobachten
und den Wiederaufbau des Nürnberger Juwels unterstützen wollen.
 
Es werden keine Vorkenntnisse benötigt.
Auch für Begeisterte ohne festen Tanzpartner geeignet.

Eintritt: 20,- €
 
Um Voranmeldung wird gebeten!

30.4.2015
ab 20:00 Uhr
bis ca. 1:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:

Kulturscheune der Altstadtfreunde
Zirkelschmiedsgasse 30
90402 Nürnberg
Telefon 09 11/24 13 93
 
So findet Ihr zur Kulturscheune
hier klicken.
 

Join the Nonsuch Dancers for a fully residential dance course this summer

Led by Nonsuch Artistic Director, Darren Royston, the Dancing Master from BBC Four’s “Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History Of Dance”. You’ll be learning alongside members of our professional dance company. You will have the opportunity to dance social and theatrical dances from the circle dances of the Medieval period to the Charleston of the 1920s, including dances of country, court and ballroom. We will connect to different historical periods, with music, art, costume and evening dances. Watch performances and demonstrations, be instructed by Darren all the way from your first step to your final bow.

• Daily dance classes exploring the style and technique of each historical period.
• Instruction of dances from historical material revived for contemporary performance.
• Evening sessions having fun recreating the dancing and pastimes of the Tudor, Stuart, Regency, and Victorian societies.

Optional activities include talks, lectures and local history trips or take the opportunity to explore the local area for yourself. No need to bring a partner – the course welcomes all ages of adults.

The venue, Ashville College, is set in beautiful landscaped grounds with plenty of parking on the outskirts of Harrogate and is accessible by road, rail or air, it is an ideal venue for this year’s Nonsuch Summer Holiday Course. The college has easy access to country walks and tours in the North Yorkshire Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. Take an afternoon to get refreshed in the world-famous Bettys Café Tea-rooms - established at the time when 1920’s crime novelist Agatha Christie hid-away in Harrogate as the Charleston shook the knees of dance history. So come and follow the dancing steps of Harrogate’s history this summer, flowing all the way from the middle ages to the syncopated age of jazz.

Address: Ashville College, Green Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9JP

This is a fully-residential course:-

• Accommodation you will stay in recently refurbished twin study bedrooms (please contact us about single occupancy).
• Three meals are provided daily, with everyone dining together in the spacious school halls:
  • Breakfast; Full English and Continental options
  • Coffee and Tea Breaks
  • Two-Course Lunch and Dinner with Salad Bar and Fruit are included in the price.
• Residents can use the schools facilities including: Sports Centre, Swimming Pool, Music and Games Rooms, TV, Internet, Computers and Lounges. There is a kitchen with refrigerators and cooking facilities for evening snacks and bed-time drinks.
• Non-residential option available.

The Course, with 36 hours of tuition over four days, dance classes start after breakfast with a Laban based warm-up followed by classes where you will explore different dance histories, with exercises designed to teach performance style, sample dances, and references to history, costume, art, and the social world. Some live music will be included as a form of accompaniment, as well as CD recorded tracks which can be purchased with instructions to remember the dances. You will have the opportunity to work in separate groups with different technical skills. During the afternoons you will be able to develop and practice dance, or to take a break from the dancing and try some other historical activity, visit the local area, or simply relax.

Classes will accommodate all levels of dance experience, from beginners to advanced, and would be of interest to students, teachers, actors, choreographers and those interested in social history. The dance classes allow an opportunity to taste the historical style, then develop a good physical technique, before experiencing a wide range of dance repertoire. Beginners and Non-Dancers will be instructed in the basics. Intermediate and Advanced students will be offered master-class and advanced training. Some classes will bring all levels together.

Dances from History will stretch from medieval dances that would have been danced in Knaresborough Castle to the Servants Ball at Downton Abbey.

In between, we will meet the cosmic dances of Leonardo da Vinci, the theatrical dances of Shakespeare, the secret dances of Samuel Pepys, the polite dances of Jane Austen and the dances of Dickens’ Victorian London. Nonsuch instructions and CD’s are available for all the dances so as well as taking home happy memories from the course, you can also teach some of these historical dances to others.…

Accompanying instruction manuals and CDs available for purchase.

Prices & Information

Option 1 - £365 - Fully-Residential

Includes shared twin room, all tuition & meals from buffet supper on Sunday 23rd to breakfast on Friday 28th August
(£335 for members of Nonsuch) Become a member

Single accommodation can be booked at a supplement of £120

Residential students are requested to arrive at the College after 5pm on Sunday 23rd August (buffet supper available from 8pm.) Students are requested to depart after breakfast on Monday 28th August.
 

Option 2 - £250 - Non-Residential

Includes all tuition, lunch and dinner from Monday 24th to Thursday 27th August
(£220 for members of Nonsuch) Become a member
 

Contact Us

To contact Nonsuch please call 075815 66543 or email summerschool@nonsuchdance.co.uk

To speak directly to our Summer School Manager, Sian Jones; Telephone 01227 462 871

Or use our Contact Page

Download the brochure and booking form

The 16th edition of “Cracovia Danza” Court Dance Festival organized by Cracovia Danza Court Ballet and „Ardente Sole” foundation will be held in Cracow on 26th July - 2nd August. The main theme will be Grotesque and comedy in court dance.

Traditionally, important elements of Festival are workshops led by remarkable specialists from all over the world. This year there will be courses by the great masters of early dance: Barbara Segal (English dance, baroque dance), Marie-Claire Bär Le Corre (French dance, workshop for children), Ana Yepes (Spanish dance), Alaknanda Bose (Indian Kathak dance) and Leszek Rembowski (old-polish dance).

Since a few years the Festival offer has been extended to include acting classes. In this edition they will refer to the main theme. Commedia dell’arte workshop will be led by the only actors in Poland specialized in this kind of theatre. Krzysztof Antkowiak, on the other hand, will display to his students some secrets of the art of pantomime.

In the workshop part of the festival there is also place for dance devoted companion – music. During music courses instrumentalists and vocalists will have an opportunity to enrich their knowledge and skills in the field of music performed for dance. The classes will be led by French musicians: Gwinnevivre Quenel (Renaissance singing), Robin Joly (music for dance) and Pascale Boquet (lute, guitar).

THE COURSE INVOLVES
- five-day long workshops
- evening concert and shows at Villa Decius
- “Cracovia Danza” historical ball
- consultation with experts
- membership of “Decius Danza” workshop team, which leads to participation in presentations, concerts and performances on stages set in the historic places of Cracow and parade through the streets of Old Town

PRICE OF COURSE ALSO INVOLVES:
- a souvenir photo
- diploma of participation
- guided tour of Kraków on August 1st 2015
- admission-free entrance to ticketed evening performances at Main Market

COST OF PARTICIPATION
The price of one course: 290 PLN (60 €)*
The price of classes for children: 180 PLN (40 €)*

*DISCOUNT!!!
1. Guests, who sign up for 3 and more courses
2. Guests, who participate in workshops third time and more, are paying only 200 PLN (50 €) for one course, and for children classes - 160 PLN (35 €).

ADVANCE AMOUNT
Advanced amount for workshops participation is 100 PLN (25 €)/person, payment until July 10th 2015.
The second part of payment for workshops participation paid by bank transfer or cash directly before the start of workshops There is also the option of paying for the entire workshops.

BANK ACCOUNT ON WHICH THE PAYMENT SHOULD BE PAID (IN PLN):
74 8589 0006 0000 0011 0044 0002
Bank Spółdzielczy Rzemiosła w Krakowie
Fundacja „Ardente Sole”
al. Krasińskiego 20/9
30-101 Kraków
In the title: „Workshop fee: first and second name of workshop participant”.

Applications, together with deposit payment receipt, should be sent by the post
or email (ardentesole@ardentesole.pl) by July 10th 2015.

If you want to pay in EURO please contact with us.

You will find more details on Festival’s website under tab Workshops.