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A Baroque Break in the Dating Scene
Posted in General News on June 2, 2012|
NYBDC on the Go!
Posted in General News on June 2, 2012|
Teseo, set by Scott Blake
May 27: Berlin International Panel on Baroque Opera Stage Direction
Catherine Turocy was invited to speak on an international panel discussing stage direction of Baroque opera in the 21st Century. Because Turocy is premiering two Monteverdi works and is in rehearsal, she has asked Sarah Edgar to speak for her. We are delighted Edgar can attend. She will be speaking about Ms. Turocy’s work as a stage director/choreographer and focusing on her groundbreaking production, Teseo, commissioned by the Handel Festival in Goettingen.
June 2: New York and Dance of the Month
Caroline Copeland teaches the Allemande from Le Devin du Village by Jean Jacques Rousseau at the Mark Morris Dance Center from 3-4:30pm for our Dance of the Month held every first Saturday of the Month
Painter Ambroise Dubois, Tancredi e Clorinda
June 8 and 10: Houston, performing Monteverdi with Ars Lyrica Link to Ars Lyrica Website:http://www.arslyricahouston.org/concert_5_12.htm
Catherine Turocy has been commissioned to create stage direction and choreography for Combattimento di Tancredi et Clorinda and the sung ballet,Ballo delle Ingrate by Claudio Monteverdi. Joined by five dancers of the New York Baroque Dance Company in this collaboration with Ars Lyrica conducted by Artistic Director, Matthew Dirst, these works take us from heaven to hell and back again, with musical imagery that still surprises, even after four hundred years!
June 8, 9 and 10: Norfolk with a Salute to 1812
Link to Op/Sail 2012 : http://www.opsail2012virginia.com/events-schedule/norfolk
NYBDC will be performing as part of the festivities celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Social and Comic dances of the era reconstructed by Caroline Copeland and Catherine Turocy as well as Ken Pierce, Ani Udovicki, Rachel List and creative contributions from Olsi Gjeci promise to make this an entertainment for the whole family. Come see the Tall Ships, learn about the War of 1812 and experience our heritage in music and dance.
Barbarina
June 9: Sanssouci and Happy Birthday Frederick the Great!
Commissioned especially for Frederick the Great’s 300th birthday at Sanssouci in Potsdam, Germany, Catherine Turocy has created a comic pantomime to the music of Carl Heinrich Graun’s
“Pygmalion and his statue” from Adriano in Siria (Berlin, 1745). Sarah Edgar dances the role of Barbarina Campanini who played the Statue and Justin Coates, dances the role of Pygmalion. L’ARTE DEL MONDO conducted by Werner Erhardt will be the musicians for this unique concert to be followed by fireworks!
June 29 through July 1st: Santa Barbara Historical Dance Weekend
Link to description, class schedule :https://nybaroquedance.org/santa-barbara-historical-dance-weekend/
There is still time to register for this workshop. The university is holding more dorm rooms for us until May 27th. Please visit the link above to learn more about the multi-era workshop, tribute to Richard Powers and rare ballet repertoire.
Dorm Rooms Open Again!
Posted in General News on April 28, 2012|
Click here for the latest information on the Santa Barbara Historical Dance Weekend:
“The Results Were Magical…” Herald Times
Posted in General News, tagged ballet dallas, baroque dance, dance field, dance institute, Dance Workshop, early dance, new york baroque dance company, research on April 28, 2012|
Catherine Tu
rocy was the co-director and choreographer for an interdisciplinary project at Indiana University which resulted in two performances of “Lully, Glory Without Love?” Mace Perlman, co-director and author of the spoken dialogue, performed in the production, drawing from his gifts as actor and mime. Conceived by Allison Calhoun and conducted by Nigel North, the project was a huge success. Catherine is grateful to Sarah Edgar for assisting her in teaching and coaching the dancers from the Ballet Department who donned Baroque costumes for the first time and performed in both noble and grotesque dances. Here is the review link with the complete names of the artists: http://blogs.music.indiana.edu/choral/2012/04/25/review-baroque-orchestra-pro-arte-singers-dancers-magically-tell-lullys-story/
photos taken by Sung Lee
Breaking News!
Posted in General News on March 16, 2012| 1 Comment »
Our March 11 performance at Cornell University was a success! Pictured above are Carly Fox and Olsi Gjeci in Campra’s L’Espagne. Here is a link to the review: http://cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2012/03/14/afternoon-opera
Cornell University has also posted a short video clip of the dress rehearsal ending with the Minuet for the Amazons, always a favorite! http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=1964&utm_source=chronicle_weekly_enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1964
Deadline for registration for the Santa Barbara Historical Dance Weekend has been extended to March 20th for those students securing dorm rooms. If you are not staying in the dorm your deadline is May 1, 2012. Here is a video clip from Mariel McEwen who recorded Catherine’s class at UC Santa Barbara last November: http://vimeo.com/38406982
Only a month ago we were in Le Touquet for the festival. Olsi Gjeci captured a typical scene in the town:
Courtlyn Hanson took this wonderful photo of our performance at Southern Methodist University where young dancers joined the company and danced Mr. Priest’s Minuet.
Les Voyages de L’Amour at Cornell University
Posted in General News on March 2, 2012|
“Les Voyages de l’Amour: Operatic Flights from 18th-Century France” features “Les Sauvages” from Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, and “L’Espagne” from Campra’s L’Europe galante. A collaboration between Les Petits Violons; Mathieu Langlois, director, the Cornell Chamber Orchestra; Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor, and the New York Baroque Dance Company; Catherine Turocy, director and choreographer, with guest vocalists Paul Shipper, Owen McIntosh, Ross Hauck, and Rebecca Choate Beasley. Funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the French Studies Program, and the Cornell Council for the Arts, as well as the Institute for European Studies, Society for the Humanities, Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University Library, and the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance. Admission: $15 general, $8 students, available at http://.baileytickets.com, Ticket Center Ithaca, and at the door. A pre-concert lecture at 2 PM will present seldom-seen images from Cornell’s rare book collection.
Radio Interview with Catherine Turocy and James Richman
Posted in General News on February 4, 2012|
Don’t miss the Radio Interview with Catherine Turocy and James Richman on WRR-FM (101.1) Art Matters!!!
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The interview will be part of the WRR-FM (101.1) Art Matters broadcasts of Sunday, Feb. 5 (5:30 pm) and Thursday, Feb. 9 (6:30 pm) after which it can be heard via podcast: wrr101.com Our Next Concert: |
Chamber Music and Dance from Versailles and London
Sarah Edgar, Dancer, photo by Jacqueline Chambord
Sunday, 12 February 2012, 7pm at SMU Caruth Auditorium call 1-800-494-8497 for tickets or visit www.dalasbach.org
February 12th in Dallas and February 17th in Le Touquet
Posted in General News on January 30, 2012|
Sunday, February 12th at 7pm: Fly to Dallas for a Pre-Valentine’s Day Treat and see Chamber Music and Dance from Versailles and London.
Link for more information and tickets: http://dallasbach.org/concerts/Chamber-Music-Dance
Location: Caruth Auditorium at SMU
The Dallas Bach Society, directed by James Richman, and The New York Baroque Dance Company, directed by Catherine Turocy, will present works from the courts of Louis XIV and XV in France and Queen Anne and George I in England.
To open the program there will be a presentation of Mr. Priest’s Minuet by 12 young dancers selected from a public audition in the Dallas Metroplex. They have attended a workshop offered by Ms.Turocy and hosted by the School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas which covered period dance notation, court etiquette and the minuet. Dancing Master, Josiah Priest (or Preist as his name was sometimes spelled) and his wife, Frances, directed an academy for young ladies at Gorge’s House in Chelsea.
This will be followed by Mr. Shirley’s Minuet for six dancers performed by the company. Both minuets are from the same collection of dances used in the education of young girls at boarding schools in 18th century in England and in the colonies. The Diana created by Mr. Siris for the first Lady Diana Spencer when she was only 14 years of age and The Camilla, followed by Le Carillon d’Oxfort (an English country dance published as a French contredanse in Paris in 1706) will complete the first set of dances.
The French theater dance set begins with L’Entrée d’Apolon. Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, took the role of Apollo when he performed in court ballets. The dance music is from 1681 and the notation was published in 1700 so it is probable that Louis XIV did not dance this specific work; however, it is a virtuosic solo worthy of a king’s admiration. The Chaconne de Phaeton and a Venetian gigue complete this set.
The French Opera-Ballet Project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts makes it possible to present dance excerpts from Jean Philippe Rameau’s Les Fêtes de Ramire. The concert will close with the very popular and famous Les Folies d’Espagne.
The NYBDC dancers include Catherine Turocy, Carly Fox, Glenda Norcross, Meggi Sweeney Smith, Junichi Fukuda, Olsi Gjeci and Gregory Youdan.
This concert will be repeated on February 17, 2012 in Le Touquet, France
Le Touquet, founded in 1912 and celebrating their 100th anniversary, has invited us to perform this same program with James Richman, conductor. Follow this link for details:
http://www.lesmalinsplaisirs.com/Les-Malins-Plaisirs.php?page=programme&NB=Jour1
The New York Baroque Dance Company and Concert Royal at APAP and Dance of the Month with Catherine Turocy
Posted in General News on December 30, 2011|
The New York Baroque Dance Company and Concert Royal in APAP Showcase January 7, 2012
photo: Julie Lemberger
Come to a gala showcase featuring 6 of the finest world-class early music ensembles, produced by GEMS Live! We will be last on the program dancing The Diana, Gigue pour Femme and Les Folies d’Espagne with dancers Carly Fox, Alexis Silver, Meggi Sweeney Smith, Catherine Turocy, Justin Coates, Olsi Gjeci and Gregory Youdan
Suggested donation at the door is $5. No tickets required — Come early for the best seats
DATE: Saturday, January 7, 2012
TIME: 7:00 – 10:00 pm
PLACE: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (Chapel)
7 West 55th Street
http://gemsny.org/apapshowcase2012.html Click Link to see the other exciting groups sharing this 3 hour program of early music and dance.
DANCE OF THE MONTH: January 7th with Catherine Turocy, Le Menuet Rondeau d’Omphale
Join Catherine Turocy earlier in the day from 3-4:30pm at Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn on 3 Lafayette Avenue (corner of Flatbush). The Minuet class will be accompanied on flute by Elaine Camin. The basic minuet step with variations will be taught. The class will learn the first figure of a Minuet from Omphale, a five act opera by Andre Cardinal Destouches. Ms. Turocy will also speak about the changes in the minuet from the beginning to the end of the 18th century. This is a general class for all levels of experience and is of interest to dance, music, drama and art enthusiasts and practitioners. Classes are only $14 and you are not required to register in advance.
Dance Audition/Workshop January 29, 2011 in Dallas
Posted in General News, tagged ballet dallas, caruth auditorium, dallas bach society, duke of monmouth, king charles ii, new york baroque dance company on December 20, 2011|
Dance Audition/Workshop
Girls 9-13 years of age
Audition Date: Sunday, January 29 from 3-5pm
Place: Contemporary Ballet Dallas School
1902 Abrams Parkway, Dallas, TX 75214
214.821.2066, email: admin2@schoolofcbd.com
Audition fee: $15
Workshop Feb. 4-5-11 from 3-5pm is free
Pre-registration is encouraged
The New York Baroque Dance Company is looking for 12 young dancers, between the ages of 9 and 13, to perform Mr. Preist’s Minuet, originally created for a girl’s school outside of London circa 1711. The performance is with the Dallas Bach Society at Caruth Auditorium, February 12, 2011 at 7pm. Prior ballet training is essential. The twelve dancers selected from the audition will learn the minuet in a 3 day free workshop held at the Contemporary Ballet Dallas School and taught by Catherine Turocy. The workshop, in addition to teaching the dance to be performed, will include an introductory lesson in reading Feuillet dance notation and a lesson in proper court etiquette at the time of the first Lady Diana, ancestor of today’s Prince William and Prince Harry.
The Dancing Master, Josiah Priest, or Preist as his name was sometimes spelled, and his wife, Frances, directed an academy for young ladies at Gorge’s House in Chelsea. According to Jennifer Thorp, we are not certain this is the same Priest, but there is documentation of a performer in London by the name of Priest who is sometimes connected with the Stuart Court, “for in April 1673 a dancer named Isaac was one of several dancers (along with Mr. Priest) who performed as Venetians, a Spaniard, a Conjuror, Devils, and Shepherds, in a masquerade for King Charles II’s illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth (see Fig. 1). Mr. Isaac received ‘A Rich flowerd Venetian suite with all furnitures’ costing £28 17s 6d, and ‘A Spanish habitt’ costing £8 6s 2d, and either he or another Mr. Isaac and three others (Messrs Priest, Hazzard and Laine) each received a ‘bask habitt’, at 11 guineas per outfit. Two years later, in February 1675, Mr. Isaac was paid for his part in the Whitehall production of the masque Calisto, in which members of the royal family and the court performed alongside French and English professional dancers. Although he never held an official post at Court, it is known that he taught Princess Anne…” Please visit this site for the sale of the Dance Journal Research issue which contains this fascinating article by Thorp: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dar/summary/v024/24.2thorp.html.
This free workshop offers an extraordinary opportunity to delve into the beginnings of ballet and to be introduced to the social connections at court which helped to support and develop the art form. The performing experience in joining The New York Baroque Dance Company on stage as a prelude to their concert with the Dallas Bach Society, Chamber Music and Dance from Versailles and London, will be a unique event in any child’s education as a young dancer.
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