A leading force in the revival of 18th century ballet, challenging aesthetic conventions and bringing forgotten masterpieces to new audiences.
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Born this day, the 'Sun King,' Louis XIV of France. The French court loved to dance thanks to Louis' passion for the art. He was an avid dancer and supported the creation of the Royal Academy of Dance, where the basic positions and movements of ballet were first codified. “Everyone danced in France,” according to Baroque dance expert Catherine Turocy of The New York Baroque Dance Company. “The singers danced, the dancers sang, and everyone played instruments.” https://nyti.ms/2BXWrnI
Image: Louis XIV as Apollo
History of Labor Dayclick link HERE Latest Properties From Catherine: As I was doing visual research for a documentary film on Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony directed by film maker, Jason Starr, I b
With Early Music America – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉
I am involved as the movement director for a documentary film on Mahler's 8th symphony. The film director, Jason Starr, would like to use moving visual clips to help illustrate some of the sung text in this symphony.
Characters I am looking for include Pater Ecstaticus, a young man like Atlas. There are also three male anchorites, more general in age and looks who would be dressed in medieval robes. I am also looking for someine older, a "wise man."
The text for this part of the shoot comes from Goethe's Faust, Part II and is very mystical and cosmic.
If you are interestedin this paying gig, please message me and include your email. Artists must live in the NYC area.
Presenters at Historical Dance at Play: Express Thyself
Summer online workshop August 10-11, presented by The New York Baroque Dance Company.
Go to historical.dance for more information and schedule.
Caroline Copeland: (Associate Director) joined the New York Baroque Dance Company in 1996 and has since performed with the troupe throughout the United States and Europe, most notably at the Drottningholm Theater, the International Händelfestspiele Göttingen, Danspace at St. Mark’s Theater, the Guggenheim Museum, and at Potsdam Sanssouci. Caroline is also a featured artist with The Boston Early Music Festival where she is both a performer and choreographer. Her dancer/choreographer credits with BEMF include Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, Handel’s Almira, and Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise. As a solo performer, Caroline collaborates with many early music groups around the US and Europe. Appearances include performances with Cantata Profana, Juilliard415, Quicksilver, The Four Nations Ensemble, The New York Collegium, Brooklyn Baroque, The New Dutch Academy, Bourbon Baroque, and the New York Consort of Viols. And Caroline’s choreographies have been presented at the historic Federal Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Public Theater, and the Philipszaal in the Hague.
Caroline also directs opera and writes, directs, and choreographs dance/plays. She teaches master classes in baroque dance and gesture at colleges and universities across the United States. Presentations include appearances at NYU Gallatin, Rutgers, Cornell, Yale, Ensemble ACJW, Juilliard, Parson’s School of Design, BEMF, University of Delaware, Carnegie Hall and Vassar College. Caroline earned a MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College and is an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University where she enjoys teaching classical ballet, contemporary dance, historical dance practice, and dance history.
Edmund Fairfax
Edmund Fairfax is an independent dance historian specializing in eighteenth-century ballet. His groundbreaking study The Styles of Eighteenth-Century Ballet (Scarecrow Press) appeared in 2003. For some time now, he has been working on a second major study to be called The Technique of Eighteenth-Century Ballet, which will present all of the surviving relevant primary material on eighteenth-century dance technique in translation and provide a detailed synthesis reconstructing the technique. The study will also outline some of the important technical changes in the history of ballet up to the twentieth century. As part of his research, he has been examining in detail the surviving rich source material for the pantomime ballets mounted at the Paris Opéra in the last quarter of the century, for chapters on pantomime and choreographic principles which are to appear in the aforementioned study. He has given presentations at dance conferences and has also produced choreography based on his research, most recently for the Potsdam Early Music Festival 2024.
Mark Franko
Mark Franko has danced professionally for the Paul Sanasardo Dance Company, Movement
Research (the Oskar Schlemmer Bauhaus Dances), and NovAntiqua, the company he founded in 1985. In a career bridging the theory and practices of historical and contemporary dance his
choreography has been produced at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, the Berlin Werkstatt
Festival, The Getty Center, the Montpellier Opera, Toulon Art Museum, the Akademie der
Künste (Berlin), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), Grove Theater (London), Stuk Festival (Leuven) and
in many New York and Bay Area venues.
Franko has taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, University of California, Santa Cruz, Freie Universität Berlin, Université Paul Valéry (Faculté de Montpellier 3), Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, Bard College, Université Paris 8, and Université de Nice. Currently Laura H. Carnell Professor of Dance, Boyer College of Music and Dance (Temple University) Franko is recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Scholarly Research in Dance Award of the Congress in Research in Dance. His research has been supported by John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, UC President’s Faculty Research Fellowship in the Humanities and grants from the NEA and the NEH. He co-edited musicologist Annette Richards Acting on the Past (Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2000); solo edited The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Reenactment (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017). His books on early dance are published in revised editions: Dance as Text: Ideologies of the Baroque Body (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015); The Dancing Body in Renaissance Choreography (London: Anthem, 2020). Text as Dance: Walter Benjamin, Louis Marin and Choreographies of the Baroque is in press at Bloomsbury Academic.
Moira Goff
Moira Goff is a dance historian specialising in ballroom and theatre dance from the late 17th to the late 18th century. She has a particular interest in dancing on the London stage between 1660 and 1776, although her more general research occasionally extends as far as 1830. She has published many articles and papers and currently writes a blog Dance in History. Her book The Incomparable Hester Santlow: A Dancer-Actress on the Georgian Stage appeared in 2007. Moira continues to reconstruct the notated dances of the 18th century as an integral part of her research work.
Hubert Hazebroucq
Hubert Hazebroucq is a French dancer, choreographer and independent researcher who specialises in Renaissance and Baroque dances. Formerly a contemporary dancer in Lyon, he discovered historical dancing in 1998 and has been performing for several choreographers, like Christine Bayle (Cie L’Éclat des Muses), Marie-Geneviève Massé (Cie L’Éventail), Lieven Baert or Sigrid T’Hooft. He was also trained in Italian Renaissance dance by Barbara Sparti and Gloria Giordano.
As a choreographer, he aims to show and promote early repertoires with live music, and to bring together creation, emotion and research on Historically Informed Performance. He has his own dance company, Les Corps Éloquents, founded in 2008 and based in Paris, that collaborates with renowned musical ensembles, especially with Les Arts Florissants, led by William Christie, for Molière et ses musiques in 2022 (Versailles, Philharmonie de Paris,...). Hubert Hazebroucq is regularly invited as choreographer by renowned Early Music ensembles like Doulce Mémoire, led by Denis Raisin-Dadre. Their next project So tanzt die Renaissance will be presented at Potsdam in June 2024.
Hubert is regularly on tour in Europe with musicians such as the recorder player Julien Martin and the harpsichord player Jean-Luc Ho and also present at international festivals, like the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, which commissioned a spectacle about Watteau, Fête Galante for six dancers, in 2022.
Hubert Hazebroucq holds a Master Degree of Arts with a dissertation on ballroom dances in the Seventeenth Century. He is a board member of the French research society ACRAS 17-18. He was part of the research programme "Théâtre Molière Sorbonne", especially for the historical recreation of the intermèdes in Les Fâcheux and in Le Malade Imaginaire (2022), including experiments with the "bande de Violons", and has himself received several research grants by the Centre National de la Danse. He regularly presents lectures in international symposia and publishes articles on early dance techniques and poetics.
Holding the French State Diploma of dance teacher (DE), he is professor for Early Dance at the Conservatoire Régional de Paris and will be teacher of Renaissance Dance at the Schola cantorum Basiliensis from 2024-2025. Hed gives master-classes for dancers and musicians in French and international conservatories and universities (CNSMD of Paris and Lyon; koninklijke conservatorium Brussel; Temple University, (Philadelphia), Cornell University (Ithaca), Eastman School of Music (Rochester), etc. focusing on the relation between choreographic sources, musical interpretation and expressiveness.
Mace Perlman
Mace Perlman is a classically-trained mime and actor, who studied and performed under Marcel Marceau in Paris, and later under Giorgio Strehler at his Piccolo Teatro in Milan. The recipient of Stanford University’s Robert M. Golden Award for combining excellence in performance with outstanding scholarship, Mace specializes in characters who blur the tragic with the comic and joins the practice of commedia dell’arte with the playing of the great texts of the English, French, and Italian repertoire.
Mace has translated, directed, and acted in the works of Shakespeare, Molière, Marivaux, Goldoni, and Gozzi, as well as Chekhov, Pushkin, and Dostoevsky, among others; and he has taught masterclasses in acting using the commedia masks of Renzo Antonello in more than twenty-five American conservatories and universities, as well as in Germany and Italy.
Along with pursuing his long-held project to create an Academy of Renaissance Theatre — a professional company of players together with a school of theatre, language, and Renaissance culture -- since July of 2020, Mace has been playing Ringmaster Chissà (“Who-knows”) with the Zoppé Circus. As part of this artisanal, poetic, one-ring Italian circus, he has been privileged to collaborate with seventh- and eighth-generation circus artists, including the world-renowned Giovanni Zoppé, known in art simply as “Nino.” (See www.zoppe.net for current tour info.)
Most pertinent among his writings to today's symposium is the epilogue chapter "Reading Shakespeare, Reading the Masks of the Italian Commedia: Fixed Forms and the Breath of Life" in Transnational Exchange in Early Modern Theatre, Robert Henke and Eric Nicholson, ed. (Ashgate, 2008).
An enormous thank-you to Catherine for bringing us all together for this international gathering of minds and talents!
Sreelakshmi Somanath
Sreelakshmi Somanath is a senior Silambam student and company dancer. She began her Bharatanatyam journey at the age of 7 when she trained under Dr. Sreedhara Akkihebbalu for a few months in Corpus Christi. After moving to Houston, Sreelakshmi found her artistic home at Silambam Houston in August 2018, under Guru Dr. Lavanya Rajagopalan. She had her Ranga Pravesham (solo dance debut) in June 2022 and has danced in several original Silambam Houston productions. In addition to performing, Sreelakshmi also helps teach beginners through advanced classes at Silambam.
Catherine Turocy
Catherine Turocy, recognized as one of today’s leading choreographer/reconstructors and stage directors in 17th and 18th century period performance, with over 80 Baroque operas to her credit, has been decorated by the French Republic as a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters. Her first performance in Baroque dance was in 1972 with conductor Alan Curtis and choreographer Shirley Wynne and the Baroque Dance Ensemble of The Ohio State University at UC Berkeley in Rameau’s La Naissance d’Osiris.
After moving to NYC in 1976 she cofounded The New York Baroque Dance Company with Ann Jacoby.
In 2018-19 she was a recipient of the Center for Ballet and the Arts Residency Fellowship in NYC affiliated with NYU for her work on Nijinsky’s Bach ballet (1913). In 2018 Turocy received the prestigious IZZY Award in San Francisco for her stage direction and choreography of Le Temple de la Gloire by Rameau which also received two first prizes in “Best of the Bay” under both stage direction and choreography. Other awards include the BESSIE Award in New York City for sustained achievement in choreography as well as the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. In 1980 she received the Dance Film Association Award for “The Art of Dancing.” NEA International Exchange Fellowships supported extended visits where she lived in London and Paris, conducting research and interacting with other artists. In the 1980’s she worked under famed stage directors Pier Luigi Pizzi and Jean Louis Martinoty.
Sarah and Justin, hope you can join us at the workshop!
Good luck tonight Julia and Patrick!
We are so excited to be back at Morris-Jumel Mansion this weekend for their annual gala!
The event is unfortunately sold-out, but stay tuned for future opportunities to see us perform in the fall!
Are you looking to bring your event to the next level? Reach out to us!
https://morrisjumel.org/events/george-washington-dinner-2024/
📸 Liz Schneider-Cohen Photography
We are so excited to be back at Morris-Jumel Mansion this weekend for their annual gala!
The event is unfortunately sold-out, but stay tuned for future opportunities to see us perform in the fall!
Are you looking to bring your event to the next level? Reach out to us!
https://morrisjumel.org/events/george-washington-dinner-2024/
📸 Liz Schneider-Cohen Photography
We are excited to perform at the Morris-Jumel Mansion Gala this weekend!
Liz Schneider-Cohen Photography
The July 14 George Washington Dinner is almost sold out! Generous sponsors and ticketholders are raising much-needed funds for programs for the community of the present while celebrating the past. The evening’s program includes a unique performance by the New York Baroque Dance Company and reflections by A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Constitutionally (recently featured on both CBS Sunday Morning and The Daily Show). A great silent auction includes one-of-a-kind items, experiences, and vacations.
A lot will be happening at this fun and elegant evening commemorating a July 1790 dinner hosted by President George Washington at the Mansion. Special appreciation to “Signature Sponsor” Harlem Community Development Corporation and Honorary Co-Chairs Katherine Diaz, Ildiko Juhasz, and Dr. Keith Taylor.
See all the details and purchase the few remaining tickets at the website:
https://morrisjumel.org/events/george-washington-dinner-2024/
Image credit: Liz Schneider-Cohen
Looking for NYC area dancers Catherine Turocy and The New York Baroque Dance Company are Holding an Audition! Looking for virtuosic dance artists living in the NYC metropolitan area to perform f
Registration is open for Historical Dance at Play: Express Thyself!
Pygmalion (Justin Coates) and His Statue (Sarah Edgar) at the Potsdam Music Festival in Sanssouci, photo by Stefan Gloede August 10 and 11, 2024 on Zoom Four sessions per day over 2 days: August 10…
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Looking for NYC area dancers Catherine Turocy and The New York Baroque Dance Company are Holding an Audition! Looking for virtuosic dance artists living in the NYC metropolitan area to perform f
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End-of-summer, hold the date The New York Baroque Dance Company In between the BBQ and the last trip to the beach, don't miss Historical Dance at Play: Express Thyself Saturday August 10 and Sunday
Thank you everyone for a memorable performance! Here is a link to the show which is good until Monday:
The Baroque-Carnatic Connection’ is a cross-cultural exploration of the commonalities and distinct flavors of Western baroque and South Indian classical musi...
TONIGHT in Houston: The Baroque-Carnatic Connection (live and live-streamed)
Watch LIVE at Miller Outdoor Theatre
on June 7, 2024 at 8:30 CST
Watch livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/yobNuf3u1hg?si=tgOmh6VexVA12ROl
The Baroque-Carnatic Connection’ is a cross-cultural exploration of the commonalities and distinct flavors of Western baroque and South Indian classical music and dance traditions.
This project is conceptualized and directed by Rajagopalan with the choreographic input of Catherine Turocy, music direction by Balakrishnan, and featuring dancers and musicians from Silambam Houston along with guest performers from the New York Baroque Dance Company, Apollo Chamber Players, and Fine Arts
A vibrant and interactive live musical conversation between world-class Carnatic and baroque musicians provides an unique auditory experience, with a striking visual dimension added by professional South Indian classical (Bharatanatyam) and Baroque dance ensembles
Julia S Bengtsson Rebecca Walden Adelle Lorraine cohen
The Baroque-Carnatic Connection’ is a cross-cultural exploration of the commonalities and distinct flavors of Western baroque and South Indian classical musi...
TODAY at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
TODAY at Dyckman Farmhouse!
The Grand Tour -- @6:30pm FREE admission
The New York Baroque Dance Company Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Patrick Pride Jason Priset, Guitarist and Lutenist ahn
Saturday's show is sold out, but you can catch a special performance of The Grand Tour at Dyckman Farmhouse on Thursday 5/30 at 6:30pm!
https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/the-grand-tour-an-immersive-dance-experience/
I'm very excited to be performing at Morris-Jumel Mansion again this Saturday with this awesome group: Patrick Pride, Paul Shipper, Jason Priset, and Ahn
--The Grand Tour by The New York Baroque Dance Company -Jumel Mansion --
5:30-6:30pm. -- Admission is free ❤️❤️
Reserve tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-grand-tour-a-historic-dance-performance-tickets-887873883687
Korneel Bernolet has resurrected a delightful addition to French baroque opera known as opéra-ballet.
This performance takes the audiences on a cross-cultural journey through South Indian and Western classical dance and music from the Baroque era.
https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/Les-Fetes-de-Thalie--Big-Success-.html?soid=1102010835542&aid=uuuRtRjBs64 What a busy Spring!
Links to Reviews The New York Baroque Dance Company May 15, 2024 Newsletter Latest Reviews, This Summer, Lafayette Bicentennial Photo by Jennifer Packard, NYBDC dancers in center surrounding Thalie an
Angel Azzarra (Tragedy), Jonathan Woody (Apollo), and Paulina Francisco (Comedy) in Mouret’s Les Fêtes de Thalie for Opera Lafayette. Photo: Jennifer Packard Photography
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Join us for two special events. Jean- Joseph Mouret's LES FÊTES DE THALIE (opera-ballet, also known as a ballet en musique) Produced by Opera Lafayette Dance Collaboraters: The New York Baroque Danc
Join us for two special events. Cooking Up Something Tasty for the Eyes and Ears, You're invited! Join us this Saturday or Sunday, April 6 and 7: Opera Starts with Oh!, an Opera Lafayette Family Pro
This is a wonderful series, anyone in early music/dance will be inspired!
MUSINGS: We Are Now the Grown-Ups This article first appeared in the January, 2024 issue of EMAg During the dark days of the pandemic I, like many teachers, discovered the joys and heartbreaks of online learning. I was then teaching a couple of courses at the Juilliard School. You know, or you can i...
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Hear more from Sarah Edgar at our zoom workshop this August 20-21-27-28, https://nybaroquedance.org/historical-dance-at-play-welcome-home-ii/
Spotlight on Sarah Edgar
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Leading historical dance into the future with groundbreaking HIP (historically informed practice) productions and neo-baroque creations, we also offer classes and workshops to professionals and to the general public, inspiring lives with the profound beauty of the Baroque.
The NYBDC is a producer in addition to being “dancers for hire.” Our workshops and collaborations with organizations such as Philharmonia Baroque (above photo with NYBDC) allow productions of operas and ballets to occur. Access to our costumes, props, choreographies, stagings, research, etc. ease the burden for others who use our resources for their own Baroque projects in collaboration with the NYBDC.
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