Spring Baroque Dance Workshop with Philippa Waite Saturday, March 17, 2012 Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church 1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco We are delighted to host the internationally-renowned dance scholar, performer and teacher of Baroque dance, Philippa Waite for a Baroque Dance Workshop.
Ms. Waite studied with Wendy Hilton and taught for her at the annual Baroque
Music and Dance Workshops at Stanford University. Ms. Waite is
currently guest teacher of Period Movement and Dance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is Artistic Director of Consort de Danse Baroque and as such choreographs in the Baroque style for the company's
productions; she also teaches, performs and gives lecture-demonstrations
throughout the UK and abroad.
The workshop will include instruction in some of the basic dance steps and arm motions in the main Baroque dance rhythms: bourée & menuet in the morning session and sarabande & gigue in the afternoon. Experienced students will be taught more complex steps required for ballroom and theatre dances. Extracts from choreographed and extant notated dances may be taught. However, the emphasis will be on the style, technique and performance of the dances, and not on the ability to memorise them.
Schedule: 8:30-9:00 am - Sign-in 9:00 am-12:30 pm (9-9:30 Warm-Up, 9:30-12:30 Class Begins) The morning session will concentrate on the bourée and the minuet 12:30-2:00
pm Lunch: Not provided; there are plenty of restaurants within walking
distance - or bring your own; beverages will be provided 2:00-5:30 pm - Class Resumes: The afternoon session will concentrate on the sarabande and gigue 7:30-10:30 pm - Costumed Lecture-Demonstration and Country Dances for All: The
evening session will include a short costumed lecture-demonstration,
given by Ms. Waite and advanced dancers, to highlight some of the dance
rhythms found in a typical "classical suite". Everyone is then invited
to get their dancing shoes on (and glad rags too) and join in some
simple Baroque country dances (which will be taught) and those who
attended the workshop may even like to try out some of the steps learned
earlier in the day.
Registration: Presale $70 for workshop only ($80 at the door) Presale $15 for lecture and demonstration ($20 at the door) Presale $85 for workshop, lecture and demonstration ($100 at the door) Spaces are limited - so early registration is encouraged!CLICK HERE or on the ticket icon above to register now or, if you prefer, write a check to Judy Kennedy and mail to her at: 506 Granite Street, Ashland, OR 97520 (mailed registrations must be received at least a week before the event).
What to Wear? Please wear loose comfortable
clothing and flexible shoes. If you have a selection of dance shoes, a
flat pair or a pair with small heels is preferable to a pair with high
heels (i.e. jazz rather than character shoes). Women's high-heeled
ballroom dance shoes are not suitable. New students
without suitable dance shoes are absolutely welcome. You might want to try
either plimsolls, running/athletic shoes (though less grip is preferable), or an extra
pair of thick socks that you don't mind getting dusty.
Can't make the San Francisco session? For information about the following session in Ashland, Oregon - CLICK HERE
More Information? - about Period Dance and Ms. Waite, just CLICK HERE
