Most sessions will meet in the air-conditioned Pickman Concert Hall at Longy. Students will be able to supplement their class work with study in Longy's Bakalar Library, which houses the Margaret Daniels Girard collection of dance materials. Practice space will be available at Longy during the early morning and evening hours. At week's end, there will be an informal performance. The Longy School of Music is located in Cambridge's Harvard Square area, a short walk from restaurants, libraries, shops, bookstores, theatres, museums, and parks.
Public transportation allows easy access to downtown Boston.
Ballroom and theatrical dance technique, mostly from France and England, circa 1700. We will review the principles of the Beauchamps-Feuillet notation system, and also examine the systems of Lorin and Favier. Students will work individually or in small groups on notations chosen to match their abilities and interests. An opportunity for both women and men to explore male theatrical dances, looking at typical and atypical step sequences, and at overall choreographic structure. Among the dances we will examine this year is Feuillet's Ballet for Nine Dancers.