Interesting English Country Dances

A music Laurel made me do it! Having been asked to help select songs for a CD of English Country Dance music, I was reminded of all the dances with fun figures and interesting choruses that we seldom dance in An Tir. I've selected several of my favorites, all from Playford's 1st edition (circa1651). Beginning with a brief overview of source and social context, the intended focus of this class is more on learning specific dances than theory. Dances included: Row Well Ye Marriners, Millisons Jegg, Old Mole, The Whirligig, Saint Martins, Dull Sir John

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Schedule for KWDS VI

Deadline for Class Submissions: June 19, 2007

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Day 1: Thursday

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Day 2: Friday

TIME
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Meany 265
9:30AM The Volta
10:30AM Introducing 16th Century Italian Steps
1:30PM Fifteenth-Century, North of Italy
2:30PM Short Survey of Welsh Dance
3:30PM English Court Masque
4:30PM Santucci: A New Source (1614)
Meany 266
9:30AM Introduction to Dance Sources
10:30AM Playing for dancing
1:30PM Some of the variations on the as-many-as-will ECDs
3:30PM Triple Terpsichore - Dances for 3
Meany 267
1:30PM Band: Burgundian, Arbeau, Almans
2:30PM Band: Early Italian
3:30PM Band: Late Italian
4:30PM Band: English Country Dances

Day 3: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
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Meany 265
9:00AM Reconstruction Techniques for Dance
10:00AM How to teach anything
11:30AM Improvisation Principles for Dancing
1:30PM Celeste Giglio
3:30PM Il Canario
Meany 266
9:00AM Mixed Bransles of the Champagne Suite
10:00AM Interestingly weird 3-couple English Country Dance
11:30AM Three Basse Dances from Fifteenth Century Burgundy - or What Else Did They Do Besides Dance de Cleve
1:30PM Interesting English Country Dances
3:30PM Gresley Manuscript Dances
Meany 267
9:00AM Basic Galliards from Arbeau
10:00AM Ornamenting Dance (and Other) Music
11:30AM Fun for 4 Couples with 1st Playford
1:30PM Band: Saturday Set 1
2:30PM Band: Saturday Set 2
3:30PM Band: Saturday Set 3
4:30PM Band: Saturday Set 4
MGH Commons
1:30PM Pavan & Galliard
2:10PM Branles
2:50PM 15th Century Italian
3:30PM 16th Century Italian
4:10PM Old Measures
4:50PM English Country Dance

Day 4: Sunday

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Meany 265
10:00AM 15th - 16th Century Basse Dance (the long way around)
9:00AM Dancer challenge
Meany 266
9:00AM Intermediate 15th century Italian dances with drama
10:00AM Four-couple English Country Dances
Meany 267
9:00AM Dance Videos
10:00AM Dances by Request

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