Wectar - Arts - Performing Arts - Dance - Historical - Baroque

	submit a site to this category

	Baroque Dance and the Bach Cello Suites URL: http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/mansbridge/mansbridge.htm ODP description: Article by a cellist about his experiences playing the Bach suites for a dancer.
	Consort de Danse Baroque URL: http://www.ukbaroquedance.com/ ODP description: Company directed by Philippa Waite. Information about classes, their summer school, and products for sale. Page title: Consort de Danse Baroque Ã¢â¬â Baroque Dance Company Page description: UK-based Baroque dance company directed by Philippa Waite. Offers classes, an annual summer school, performances, school workshops, lecture-demonstrations, dance CDs and a guide to reading Beauchamp-Feuillet notation.
	The Books of John Weaver URL: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/weaver/ ODP description: Facsimiles of "Orchesography" and "Of Time and Cadence in Dancing", and an HTML transcription of "Orchesography". Page title: Weaver's Books
	Baroque Dance Mailing List URL: http://www.rendance.org/links/feuillet.html ODP description: Information about how to subscribe to the Feuillet list.
	Les Plaisirs URL: http://www.les-plaisirs.de/english.htm ODP description: Munich-based group. Includes information about classes and performances. Page title: Les Plaisirs - MÃ¼nchner Kreis fÃ¼r historische TÃ¤nze Page description: Dance group of advanced dancers mainly specializing in the baroque period for performance purposes. Beginners are welcome and can learn dances from the 15th through 19th centuries.
	The New York Baroque Dance Company URL: http://www.nybaroquedance.org/ ODP description: Directed by dancer and choreographer Catherine Turocy. Photo gallery, video clip, dancer profiles and information about workshops. Page title: the New York Baroque Dance Company Page description: Founded in 1976 by Artistic Director Catherine Turocy in collaboration with Ann Jacoby, the New York Baroque Dance Company has been a leading force in the revival of 18th century ballet, challenging aesthetic conventions and bringing forgotten masterpieces to new audiences in what The Guardian has called: a whirlwind of desperately needed fresh air.
	Matt's Baroque Dance Pages URL: http://baroquedance.info/ ODP description: Includes background information, HTML versions of 18th century dance manuals, and an annotated collection of links. Page description: Baroque dance information, links, and HTML transcriptions of primary sources.
	Chalemie URL: http://www.thorn.demon.co.uk/ ODP description: Baroque music, dance and commedia; performance and teaching. Information about concerts, classes with Barbara Segal, and their summer school concentrating on 17th and 18th century English repertoire. Page title: Chalemie - early music, early dance & commedia
	Corpo Barocco URL: http://www.corpobarocco.be/ ODP description: Belgian performing group directed by Sigrid T'Hooft. Includes information about classes.
	Mercure Galante's Baroque Dance Pages URL: http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/hinibop/Baroquedance/ ODP description: Background of the dance, what it involves: then and now. Page description: Mercure Galante's Baroque Dance Pages
	Stockholm Baroque Dancers URL: http://www.baroquedancers.se/sidor/index_eng.shtml ODP description: Swedish dance company. Information about projects, and biographies of directors BÃ©tina Marcolin and Karin Modigh.
	Apollo's Banquet URL: http://www.apollosbanquet.com/ ODP description: Ensemble of dancers and musicians founded by Thomas Baird and Hugh Murphy. Information about upcoming events, services, and the East Coast Baroque Dance Workshop. Page description: Welcome to Apollo's Banquet! Discover the elegance of baroque dance under the direction of Thomas Baird and Hugh Murphy in this internationally acclaimed ensemble. Includes information on the work, artists, services, links, and a yearly workshop.
	Blakeney Manor: Dance and Music URL: http://www.blakeneymanor.com/dance.html ODP description: Includes an essay on the social and political importance of dance, and Rameau's description of the menuet ordinaire, translated by Essex, as well as information about 18th century songs and musicians. Page title: Dance and Music
	Seattle Early Dance URL: http://www.seattleearlydance.org/ ODP description: Company that reconstructs, performs, and teaches baroque dance. Includes a brief introduction to the dances.
	Louise Pescetta URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~dolascetta/louise.html ODP description: Dancer and musician based in California. Page description: Meet Louise Pescetta: Baroque Dancer, Musician.
	BaroqueDance.com URL: http://www.baroquedance.com/ ODP description: Dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess' site. Contains information about classes in North Carolina, Paige's dance activities, the annual East Coast Baroque Dance Workshop, Craven Historical Dancers, a pair of videos, and arrangements of tunes to extant dances.
	La Belle Danse URL: http://www.labelledanse.com/ ODP description: Dance ensemble from Toronto, Canada. History of baroque dance, photos, and information about classes. Page title: La Belle Danse Baroque Dance
	The Covent Garden Minuet Company URL: http://www.minuetcompany.org/ ODP description: London-based amateur group performing 18th century social dances. Photos, membership, performances, and a small bibliography. Page title: The Covent Garden Minuet Company - 18th century baroque dance Page description: The Covent Garden Minuet Company is a dance group performing the social dances of the 18th century, especially the minuet, in full authentic costume.
	Bath Minuet Company URL: http://www.bathminuetcompany.co.uk/ ODP description: Information about classes in 18th century dance, and the annual Bath Georgian Ball. Page description: Bath Minuet Company
	Contretemps URL: http://www.thorn.demon.co.uk/contretemps/Index.html ODP description: Dancers Barbara Segal and Frank Perenboom, based in the UK.