DHDS events
Renaissance dance workshops
ISTD Studios, 346 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NQ, Saturdays 18th February and 28th April 2012 with Anne Daye
The variety and riches of dancing c.1600 will be presented through close study of a balletto by Caroso or Negri, alongside a selection of dances from England and France.
Details and booking form for workshops January-April 2012 (PDF)
Baroque dance workshop
ISTD Studios, 346 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NQ, Saturday 31st March 2012 with Moira Goff
This workshop will focus on the basic step vocabulary of baroque dance, with a particular emphasis on style and technique appropriate to the ballroom. It is aimed at those with some experience of baroque dance, although beginners will be made welcome.
The workshop will include study of some sequences from Guillaume-Louis Pecour's extremely popular ballroom
duet Aimable Vainqueur (1701).
Details and booking form for workshops January-April 2012 (PDF)
Other related events
Early Dance Circle Annual Lecture
Dr Irene Brandenburg, University of Salzburg
Dance in Eighteenth-century opera: Gluck, Mozart and Idomeneo
7.15 pm, 17th February 2012, The Hall at the Artworkers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT
Advance booking is required.
Information (external site)
Early Dance Circle Biennial Conference
Dance & Society: Questions of cultural identity, social structure and status, the body politic at play
Friday 16th – Sunday 18th March 2012, Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 0AG.
Further information (external site)
Oxford Dance Symposium
Dancing in the theatre of Europe in
the long 18th century.
New College, Oxford, 18 April 2012
The 14th Oxford Dance Symposium will address a wide range of
issues on dancing in the European theatre in the long 18th
century. Although we welcome papers on dance music in the
theatre and the performance of dance in opera, it is
proposed to cover topics such national trends, dancer
biography, dance and magic, the development of dance
costumes, theatre design, and dance iconography.
Information (external site)
3rd Rothenfels Dance Symposium
The Variety of European Dance Culture from 1420 to 1820
Burg Rothenfels, Germany, Wednesday 6 June 2012 – Sunday 10 June 2012
Information (external site)
