Summer Workshops 2009

We are very excited about our summer workshop at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.  I am happy to announce Charles Garth will be joining the faculty this year.  We look forward to our revised format (informed by student comments from the last two workshops) and to the workshop’s opening and closing dance parties. I hope to see you at this unique workshop July 25-August 1, 2009.

Workshop I: Circles, Sets and Serpentines, Saturday, July 25th:  This one day workshop with a full day of classes in 15^th-20^th century dance, ending with the Playford Country Dance and Music Party with a live band, is open to professional and college level dance students, teachers and choreographers as well as living history dancers, musicians, singers, actors and dance enthusiasts. Students will learn typical steps and choreographic patterns from the Pavane to the Tango. An emphasis will be placed on group social dances in circles, sets and serpentines!

Workshop II: Mind Your P’s and Q’s (Pavane, Polonaise, Pony…), Saturday, July 25^th- August 1st, check in at 5pm and check out at noon on August 1^st. This 6 day workshop begins with the Playford Country Dance and Music Party on Saturday night and includes the Vintage Ball on Friday, July 31st with student demonstrations of dances worked on over the week.  Covering dances from the Renaissance through the 20^th century with classes for beginners and students at the intermediate/advanced level, this workshop explores dance in the theater, dance halls and at private salons. Classes in mask and period movement are offered to all levels. With evening lectures and coachings and attendees from around the world, this is one of the most popular workshops of its kind in the country.  (Please note this workshop is longer than last year’s, with one more day of classes.)

Workshop III: Combined Workshop July 25th-August 1st: You can do the one day workshop with classes and Playford Country Dance and Music Party and the weeklong workshop and Vintage Ball.

Summer Workshops 2008

Join us at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland this summer for The Historical Dance Summer Workshop, where dance’s rich heritage is taught through classes, lectures and informal dance presentations. Richard Powers and Alan Jones are our guest faculty, joining Catherine Turocy, Rachel List and Caroline Copeland. Classes will be offered for all dance levels, professional and amateur.

Part I: Weekend Intensive : Social Dances from the Renaissance to Modern Times, June 21-22, 2008

Open to professional and college level dance students, teachers and choreographers as well as living history dancers, musicians, singers, actors and dance enthusiasts. Students will learn typical steps and choreographic patterns from the Pavane to the Tango. Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced levels will be offered.

Part II: Professional Studies in French Theatrical Dance before 1790, June 16-20, 2008

The Professional Studies week ,open to professional and college level dancers and teachers, has Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced levels. The day begins with a ballet barre and historical warm-up, then on to the Spanish minuet, fandango and French theater and ball dances from 1600 through the 1790’s. The afternoon offers 19th and 20th century social dances as well as mask and gesture classes alternating with lectures. Class material are drawn from period dance treatises, journals and published notations.

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