Early dance, Part one, from the Greeks to the Renaissance

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Title

Early dance, Part one, from the Greeks to the Renaissance

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Feves, Angene (Dancer)
Perrier, Charles (Dancer)
Partsch-Bergsohn, Isa (Producer)
Bergsohn, Harold (Director)
Janik, Nina (Choreographer)
Faulkner, Molly (Dancer)
Unkrich, Carl (Dancer)
Consortium Antiquum (Musical group) (Musician)
Dance Horizons (Firm). Video (Videographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1995
Place: Pennington, NJ
Publisher: distributed by Princeton Book Company, Publishers

Table Of Contents

Dance excerpts: Italian court dances: pavan and sciolto, saltarello and canarie / from Fabritio Caroso, published 1600 ; reconstructed and mounted by Angene Feves ; danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier ; music played by the Court Revels of the Consortium Antiquum -- Volta and galliard / danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier -- Waterways [excerpt] / choreography, Nina Janik ; danced by Molly Faulkner and Carl Unkrich.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7263

Subjects

Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
Arbeau, Thoinot, 1519-1595
Beaujoyeulx, Baltasar de, -approximately 1587
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652
Ballet des Polonais (Choreographic work : Beaujoyeulx)
Balet comique de la royne (Choreographic work : Beaujoyeulx)
Dance -- History -- Greece
Ballroom dancing -- 16th century
Dance -- History -- 17th century
Commedia dell'arte
Pavan (Dance)
Saltarello (Dance)
Canaries (Dance)
Volta (Dance)
Galliard (Dance)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Educational Films
Lectures

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: directed by Hal [Harold] Bergsohn ; produced by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn.
Performers: Narrators, Charles Flemming and Gail Chodera.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (22 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Lecture on the history of dance, illustrated with contemporary paintings and prints. Among the topics covered are dancing in ancient Greek plays; Italian court dances of the Renaissance; two dance works (Ballet des Polonais and Balet comique de la royne) created by Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx at the court of Catherine de Medicis in France; the basic foot positions and révérence, as codified in Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesography; the influence of the commedia dell'arte on popular theater; the contributions of Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones to the English court masque during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F424
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12591315
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e25aa930-713b-0138-da20-0bb5b3817abe

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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