The New York Baroque Dance Co.

Catherine Gallant

A few words from the director of the workshop, Catherine Turocy…

Catherine Gallant has dedicated her teaching and performing career to the dances of Isadora Duncan. She will share her profound experience with Duncan choreographies and emphasize their musicality. She will also share her process of modern dance reconstruction. Here is a link to the choreography we will be learning:

Allegretto video

Joe Williams has studied the movement theory of Delsarte and has practiced this theory as a teacher, performer and stage director. I have studied with him and found his keen eye to be uncanny in analyzing movement and guiding the student to a fuller expression of a pose or gesture. Delsarte is at the basis of early 20^th century modern expression and is an important area of study.

Modern Dance and Delsarte article

Caroline Copeland and I will be teaching Pre-Delsarte expressive gesture and posture from 17^th and 18^thcentury masters in dance and in the art of declamation.  My choreography, inspired by Marie Sallé’s creation and performance of La Gelosia to music of Handel, will act as a template for our period dance expression exploration.

 How to Think Like a Baroque Choreographer by Jack Anderson, NYTimes