The New York Baroque Dance Co.

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Join us in Dance of the Month: 18th Century Dance Classes offered by The New York Baroque Dance Company every first Saturday of the month from 3:30-5:30PM  at Mark Morris Dance Center at 3 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, New York (corner of Flatbush Ave).  www.markmorrisdancegroup.org/schoollocate.cfm.

P.S. If you went class in 2017 you will remember that Meggi was expecting her child at the end of the year. She arrived on Thanksgiving Day or should I say night. Sidney is in fine health and we are so happy for the Smith family!

Or catch Catherine Turocy in San Francisco also on January 6th and 7th! 

Empowering the Performer: 18th century Techniques Lost and Found and Useful to Today’s Dancer
with Catherine Turocy, The New York Baroque Dance Company
Saturday, January 6
3:45-5:15pm
Class Fee: $20.00

ODC Dance Commons
Kimi Okada, School Director
351 Shotwell Street, SF
odc.dance
415.863.6606

Description:  What is our legacy from the 18th century stage which can bring a new depth to the dance of today? This class will look at basic aesthetic principles of the Golden Ratio and the Vitruvian Man and how they influenced the creation of the five positions of the feet in ballet as well as the expressive dance technique common to both ballet and modern dance forms. The class will be a physical, dancing experience using excerpts of published dance notation from the repertoire of the early 18th century including minuets and chaconnes. The theory behind the exercises will be emailed to participants in order to keep the class moving.

Public Workshop Sunday, January 7th: “Bach in Time!” a dance and music Workshop in celebration of the Junior Bach Festival’s 65^th concert season. Catherine Turocy, the nation’s foremost baroque dance expert and founder of New York Baroque Dance Company, will lead the Workshop. Participants will dance to the music of J.S. Bach, accompanied by members of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, who perform Bach’s music on instruments from his time.

Time and Date: 2:30 to 4:00 pm. on Sunday, January 7, 2018

Venue: The Hofer Auditorium at Crowden Community Music Center, 1475 Rose Street at Sacramento (close to the North Berkeley Bart Station)

Suggested Donation:  $10 for adults. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Students may attend free of charge.

Description:Families, teachers, performers, and Bach enthusiasts are warmly invited to participate in this  Workshop about dances that inspired Bach’s music, performed on instruments from Bach’s time. No previous dance experience is required. Dancing is not mandatory, but if you would like to dance, please wear comfortable clothing and dancing shoes (if you have them). Powdered wigs are not necessary.

Why dance when the Festival is all about J.S. Bach’s music? In Bach’s time, musicians and their audiences would have been familiar with dances that comprised the 18^th century French dance suite. (Bach himself knew at least three former dance masters of King Louis XIV of France!) Today’s musicians find that the more they learn about baroque dance, the more easily they can interpret music that was based on baroque dance forms —including many of J.S. Bach’s compositions. The meter and quality of a dance can inform the modern player’s decisions about tempo, articulation, phrasing, bowings, and ornamentation.