Symposium 2020 Call for Contributions
This is the first time, that our association acts as organiser of the upcoming Historical Dance Symposium in 2020. The conference topic is:
The Ball Pleasure - Power - Politics 1400 - 1900
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Michel Saint-Léon
We already issued invitations to the first seminar of our project „tanz | perspektiven“.
„For the Royal Princesses of Württemberg“ - Choreographies around 1830 by Michel St. Léon with Irène Feste,...
tanz | perspektiven
Currently, we are working on the conception of a series of classes that present significant topics with highly qualified instructors in various European Cities. Our first class of this series will ...
tanz | dokumente
At our general meeting we presented our book series "tanz | dokumente" that we launched in collaboration with Hanna Walsdorf. She aims to offer new or not readily accessible sources to the public, ...
Dubreil and Italy
The following article focuses on Baroque dance culture as reflected in the Italian jour-ney of prince elector Karl Albrecht in 1715/1716 which inspired his dancing master Pierre Dubreil to create s...
Dance in French Baroque Opera
Rebecca Harris-Warrick’s "Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera" (2016) is another highlight that impressively disproves the notion that dance in a baroque opera was nothing more than an expendab...
Instructions pour danser
After a conference in Tours on „Instructions pour danser“ (ca. 1612) in 2012, the conference proceedings have been published online by the Centre d’Études Superieures de la Renaissance. They includ...
Tilden Russell
Let us begin our literature blog with a brand new book which was presented at the Taubert conference in Leipzig in October. Tilden Russell is one of the leading experts in the field of German Baroq...
The Foundation
No April Fool’s joke! On 1 April 2017, our association was inaugurated. Bright sunshine and delicious home-made food created a cheerful setting for the formalities of the constituitive meeting befo...