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Summer Workshops 2007
Historical Dance Summer Workshop at Goucher College, a Project of The
New York Baroque Dance Company
The mission of the Historical Dance Summer Workshop is to promote
knowledge of dance’s rich heritage through classes, lectures and
informal dance presentations. This multi-century workshop will rotate
in focus from summer to summer as follows: 2007: England, 2008:
France, 2009: Italy, 2010: Spain, 2011: Germany. Classes will be
offered for all dance levels, professional and amateur.
Part I: Weekend Intensive 18th and 19th century English Social
Dance, July 21-22, 2007
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 for the jig, gavotte, bouree and waltz as seen
in period English dance sources. Beginning/intermediate and advance
levels will be offered.
Part II: Professional Studies in English Theatrical Dance before
1760, July 23-27, 2007
The Professional Studies week is open to professional and college
level dancers and teachers. Beginning/intermediate and an advance
level will be offered. This summer’s workshop will cover English
theatrical dances from Elizabethan times through the 1750’s. Class
material will be drawn from period dance treatises, journals and
published notations.
Summer
Workshops 2006
Teachers, Choreographers, Students and Professionals are Welcomed to join Catherine Turocy for a
Baroque Ballet Weekend Workshop
When: Saturday, August 5 and Sunday, August 6, 2006
Tuition: $120
Where: The School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas (in Lakewood)
1902 Abrams Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75214
Classes Saturday, August 5
10-12 Baroque Ballet Technique/Minuet variations
12-12:30 Lunch (please bring a bag lunch)
12:30-1 discussion
1-3 Reading and Choreographing Minuets
Classes Sunday, August 6
10-12 Baroque Ballet Technique/Bouree and Sarabande variations
12- 12:30 Lunch (please bring a bag lunch)
12:30-1 discussion
1-3 Reading and choreographing Bourees and Sarabandes
Join Catherine Turocy, artistic director and choreographer of The New York Baroque Dance Company (www.nybaroquedance.org) and learn the early ballet technique of 18th century Europe. Learn to read their dance notation and to recognize choreographic structures established in the period which are still current today. The goal of the workshop is to get the student started on a road to discovery and to gain practical knowledge of the dance notation short hand used by 18th century ballet masters and amateurs all over Europe and America.
To register for the workshop please send your name, phone and address and a brief description of your dance experience to Catherine Turocy, 2300 Auburn Avenue, Dallas, Texas, 75214. Include a registration fee of $20 which will go toward the balance of the tuition. The remainder of the tuition is due July 5th. It is also possible to pay the full tuition at the time of registration. Checks can be made to Catherine Turocy. For further information please call 214-328-1713.
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