Les corps en spectacle
This is the title of a new and extensive publication about German dance culture from the 16th to the 18th century by Marie-Thérèse Mourey, one of the best experts in this field. Its main focus lies o…
Call for Applications 6 Online Lectures
An organisation from Munich has published a call for applications for an exciting online project:
Call for Applications: 6 Online Lectures on Practical Dance History of the 15th to 19th Centur…
Hot off the press: Pierre Dubreil
Hot off the press: Carola Finkel’s study of the life and works of Pierre Dubreil, Munich’s famous 18th-century court dancing master, has just been published as vol. 1 of the new series tanz|dokumente…
A "new" baroque choreography
German choreographies from the 18th century in Feuillet notation are very rare. It is all the more gratifying that Carola Finkel has discovered a previously unknown manuscript in the depths of the Du…
European Drama and Performance Studies
A few weeks ago Classiques Garnier has published a new volume of European Drama and Performance Studies focussing on "The Stage and its Creative Processes (16th-21st century)".
There you can find ar…
Dance, Song, Music and Sociability...
The Universities of Warwick, Queen Mary and Notre Dame are organising a conference/workshop under the title:
Dance, Song, Music and Sociability 1750 -1832 5-6 March 2021
A call for papers has been…
Save the date!
After solving various issues regarding the postponement of the Historical Dance Symposium, Burg Rothenfels has definitely fixed its new date for 15 - 19 June 2022. The Symposium Special will take pla…
Symposium postponed!
Like many other conferences, the Historical Dance Symposium, 10 - 14 June, has now been cancelled (including the Symposium Special, 7 -10 June). It will be postponed, probably to 15 - 19 June 2022. W…
Our "Simultaneous Translation Project"
For all those attendant of the Historical Dance Symposium, who so far had difficulties in understanding the contributions in foreign languages: Now, we have the support of a professional interpreter…
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5th Historical Dance Symposium
The Ball Pleasure - Power - Politics 1600 - 1900
10 - 14 June 2020 Burg Rothenfels am Main
Europe's largest gathering of researchers, danc…