Les Bouffons

A sword dance for four from Arbeau's Orchesography, suitable to be performed as a masque. If possible, I'll show a film of a group of eight performing a choreography (not Arbeau's) that includes all six of Arbeau's passages. Most of the class will be spent on learning the blows (with dowel-rods, not metal swords), the foot-work, and combining them in 2 or 3 of the simpler passages (\"thrust\" and \"three cuts\", and perhaps \"hey\" or \"bastion\", depending on how confident people feel). There should also be some time for discussing 16thC masque costume, and how to make modern versions, from the very cheap to the very expensive.

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Schedule for KWDS V

Deadline for Class Submissions: July 2, 2012

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Day 1: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Library
2:00PM Bransles for Everyone
4:00PM La Spagna and Ly Bens Distonys
11:00AM La Volta and La Nizzarda
3:00PM Old Measures
McDonald Wing
3:00PM La Castellana and Chiara Stella
2:00PM 3 couple English Country Dances
10:00AM Event Registration
4:00PM 15th Century Dances - Another Tradition
11:00AM Beginners' English Country Dance
Octagon
11:00AM Recorder Playing for Beginners
2:00PM Reading Caroso's lute tabulature
10:00AM Musicians Meet and Greet
4:00PM Dance Band Practice
3:00PM Drumming for a Dance Band

Day 2: Sunday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Library
10:00AM 13th-14th Century Dance
4:00PM How to Teach Dance (or anything else!)
3:00PM 3 new Pavan Sequences
11:00AM Les Bouffons
2:00PM Cascarde from Caroso
McDonald Wing
10:00AM 4 Couple English Country Dances
2:00PM n Couple English Country Dances
4:00PM Ballo del Fiore for 2, 3, or for 4 or 5
11:00AM Burgundian Basse Danses
3:00PM Two Balletti from Il Ballarino
Octagon
2:00PM Jamming with Mr Susato
3:00PM Performance Practice
11:00AM Transcribing Four Part Harmony
10:00AM Keeping a dance band happy
4:00PM Dance Band Practice
Quadrangle
4:00PM Health and Fitness for Dancers, Fighters, and other Slackers
10:00AM A Passage of Arms

Day 3: Monday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
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 2:00
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 4:00
 5:00
Library
2:00PM Gentilezza d'Amore
10:00AM Standard Bransles Forms
4:00PM White Mensural Time Signatures
3:00PM Il Canario and Galliards from Lupi
11:00AM Barriera
McDonald Wing
4:00PM Dance Band Practice
10:00AM 1st Edition Playford Dance Language

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