Posts Written By: sbutler

Early Dance in Quarantine on International Dance Day, 29 April

The art of dance is one of the earliest and longest-standing forms of entertainment and social bonding. In spite of Covid19, this year let's celebrate dance as a way for every one of us to…
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“Say thank you” – An Uplifting Message from the Paris Opera Ballet

Members from the Paris National Opera's three artistic bodies, the Orchestra, the Choirs and the Ballet wanted to thank everyone on the front line in the fight against the pandemic. They thought that the Opéra…
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The Glory of Lace at your Fingertips – the Cat gets a good look at the Queen

Early dancers of most periods have struggled to find equivalents of the sumptuous lace available in the past. Of course, our pockets are not so deep as the elite dancers of earlier eras. Now we…
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A stirring dose of baroque grandeur to lift the spirits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ4AM0ayFBA
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Some Joyful Renaissance Dance to cheer us all up

Dancers Marieke Greb & Bernd Niedecken, of The Playfords, perform La Volta to "The Hunt is Up", from Shakespeare's Songbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHWlfte2YiY The dancers are performing at the Gottofer Hofmusik Schleswig. John Dowland's pupil William Brade…
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The Way We Were?

A recently found unattributed post from the internet: Luckily, not many people dance it like this anymore!
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Early Dancers can be Silver Swans too

We may not all be silver-haired, but age is irrelevant at the moment. For an interesting and useful ongoing set of workouts, here are the Royal Academy of Dance's first two videos. Let's leave self-isolation…
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Gaita performs for those who couldn’t make it to the EDC Festival last October. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTfoK3XhdmQ&fbclid=IwAR3D3JJDMu9CYS_CxRyPss6vseO3Yu4LDQk0wEFsowklLEyBm8BelhYn7GA
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Target for today: men’s high fashion in baroque times

Whether it's blinding buttons, high wigs or just the whole Macaronic look, the gents come in for quite a pasting from the satirists. The country father below can hardly credit that's his son. "Yes, in…
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Matinee or Evening, Pit or Circle, some online resources

ON-LINE LINKS FROM THE CULTURE DIARY, BBC AND OTHER SOURCES A number of performing arts organisations, artists and practitioners have conducted live streams, posted recorded shows or are creating new work for the online space.…
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