Reconstructing 16th Century Dance: Pains and Pleasures

  • Yvonne Kendall
  • San Saba/Palo Pinto on Saturday at 9:30AM

Addresses differences in language used to describe movement, issues of step rhythm and performance, and various other topics of interest.

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Schedule for KWDS IV

Deadline for Class Submissions: June 6, 2003

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Day 1: Friday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
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 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Concho/Red River
1:30PM Easy ECD's
2:30PM Beginning ECD
3:30PM Choregrapher's Show & Tell
Guadalupe
1:30PM Basse Dance
3:00PM Gresley Dances
4:00PM Intro to 15c Italian
Neches/San Jacinto
3:00PM Middle Eastern Persussion Class & Jam Session
San Saba/Palo Pinto
1:30PM Dances from the Inns of Court
2:30PM Intro to 16c Italian Dance
4:00PM Simple 16c Italian Dances for Two

Day 2: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Concho/Red River
9:00AM Essential Elements of Middle Eastern Dance, Layering, Shimmies and Locks
10:00AM The Art of Pause
1:00PM Zill Drill
2:00PM Dancing with Sword
12:00PM Veil Work
4:00PM Performance and Staging
Guadalupe
8:00AM Easy 15th Century Italian Dances
9:00AM A Handful of Almans
10:00AM Beginning Branles
11:00AM English Country for Three Couples
1:30PM Advanced English Country Dances
3:00PM English Country for Four Couples
4:30PM Coranto: Theme and Variations
Neches/San Jacinto
9:00AM Beginnning Middle Eastern Drumming
1:00PM Incorporating other Instruments in the Drum Circle and Drumming Etiquette
3:00PM Intermediate Middle Eastern Drumming
12:00PM Myth Conceptions about Middle Eastern Dance
2:00PM Debke
Red River
9:00AM Beginner Middle Eastern Dance
1:00PM Intermediate Middle Eastern Dance
3:00PM Period Country Dances of the Middle East
Rio Grande A
8:00AM A Couple of Dozen Easy Pieces: An Introduction to 16th Century Italian Dancing
9:30AM Dances from Playford, 1651
11:00AM Fun and Interesting 15th Century Italian Dances
1:30PM Become a better dancer in the period way -- Guglielmo's six rules of dance
3:00PM Advanced Branles
4:00PM Passo e Mezzo and Pavaniglia, two improvisational dances
Rio Grande B
8:00AM The Burgundian Mystery: the basse dance in theory and practice
9:30AM Brando di Cales
11:00AM Gresley Dances
1:30PM Alta Somaglia
3:00PM Negri's Il Gratioso
4:00PM Progressive Dances from Playford, 1651
Rosebud Theatre
8:00AM Working with Renaissance Dance Music Sources
San Saba/Palo Pinto
8:00AM Intermediate English Country Dance
9:30AM Reconstructing 16th Century Dance: Pains and Pleasures
11:00AM Improvisation in Il Canario
1:30PM Arbeau's Mimed Dances
3:00PM Let Your Hair Down: Peasant Dances
4:30PM Catch-All: Dances

Day 3: Sunday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Concho/Red River
9:00AM Fun ECD's
10:30AM Japanese Noh Dance
Rio Grande A
9:00AM Discussion: Why various dance sources were written, and who was the target audience?
10:30AM Contrapasso Nuovo
San Saba/Palo Pinto
9:00AM Teaching Teachers
10:30AM 15th Century Italian Steps Roundtable

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