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Regina Coeli Retreat Center

17225 Regina Coeli Road

Covington, LA 70435

USA

SIXTEEN INSTRUCTORS AND RESEARCHERS FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT KINGDOMS!

This Symposium will include many diverse courses of study for dancers of all levels of expertise. There will be classes in English Country Dance, 15th and 16th Century Italian Renaissance Dance, Court Dances of England and France, as well as Middle Eastern Dance, and classes for Musicians, Dance Research, Reconstruction, Choreography, and the Art of Dance Teaching.

DANCE CLASSES TO RUN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

The site opens on Thursday evening for folks arriving for Friday activities. These activities include for those who want to sightsee a PROFESSIONAL GUIDED TOUR of NEW ORLEANS for just $15. (Send tour questions to reservation address.)

For those who came to dance and learn on Friday we have a full day of classes culminating in an exciting CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP- led by MASTER SION ANDREAS O WYNEDD, MISTRESS ROSINA DEL BOSCO AND MESSER GIUSEPPE FRANCESCO DA BORGIA.

Friday night the site will play host to the theme SCA FAVORITE DANCES featuring dances popular throughout the Known World.

Saturday there will be three classes running simultaneously all day to prepare for Saturday night's masked ball with a Carnival theme, THE KNOWN WORLD DANCE SYMPOSIUM GRAND BALL. There will also be a special revel for those of you who are interested in Middle Eastern Dancing and playing Middle Eastern music.

Sunday, will feature a special recreation of a period style ball. You'll want to stay and be a part of the CAROSO BALL which COUNTESS MARA TUDORA KOLAROVA has graciously agreed to run and features dances from English Country to Pavans to Italian in a period setting.