It gives you another standard, another form, another structure to study which is at the root of Western thought. It is a whole vocabulary, a whole craftsmanship that one is able to delve into. Its offers another palette to use. The general misconception is that baroque dance is a museum piece and therefore it won't be interesting. The belief that 'anything that is ' not athletic cannot be interesting', that is another prejudice that we have to fight.
Dance is much more than the highest arabesque or the biggest jete.
Baroque dancing is far more subtle. The paintings, sculpture, furniture and architecture had that type of details and filigree. It seems to me as a dancer that you would have to attune your body in another manner. You do have to come down to another scale. It's a very musical form and it's almost a visualization of the music.