Description
Product Description
With the third volume of How to Dance Through Time, learn many aspects of Italian Renaissance dance by practicing one famous dance suite, Nido d Amore -Nest of Love. The suite s four parts comprise a romantic, episodic story of a couple s courtship and reveal universal love themes. In The Majesty of Renaissance dance, Carol Téten leads dancers through the four parts of the Nido d Amore. The suite, typically performed and viewed by Italian Aristocracy, begins with a refined introduction -The Opening, explodes with energetic jumps into a male display of bravado -The Galliard, builds to mutual ecstasy -The Saltarello, and culminates in a statement of strong individualism -The Canary. Concise instructions and historical background help today s dancers create romantic expressions in yesterday s dance language. Professional dancers demonstrate in period undergarments, which show the feet and allow viewers to learn the steps more easily. A final performance is in full period costume.
Review
Renaissance Dance focuses on the skills needed by members of the Italian aristocracy in a world of social movement, expression and behavior. Baroque Dance is an insightful glimpse into the world of the 18th century court. –Cartholic Library World
Each of these 45 minute splendidly presented videos easily permit the viewers to achieve competency and fluency in these period dances and are highly recommended additions to personal, professional, dance school, public Library, academic, and community theatre video reference collections. –The Midwest Book Review
The subtlety and elegance of the Renaissance and Baroque periods are aptly portrayed in these newest volumes in the HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME titles… –Booklist
From the Contributor
The Majesty of Renaissance Dance is the third in the series of How To Dance Through Time DVDs/VHSs. This The DVD shows the intricacies of an Italian court dance suite, which mirrors the episodic changes of courtship. One dance, Nido d’Amore, exposes the technique for all the dance suites of the era. The refined introduction (The Opening) explodes into male virtuoso display (The Galliard); builds to mutual ecstasy (The Saltarello); and culminates in a statement of strong individualism (The Canary). Professional dancers demonstrate the dance suite with detailed step precision. To provide an authentic historical context, the dance, in its entirety, is performed with the authentic music and fashions of the era. The Renaissance era is also introduced with historical dance information, accompanied by original illustrations.
About the Actor
All performers are trained in ballet, jazz, theatre. Some are professional singers. They have special training in historical dance through Dance Through Time.
About the Director
Carol Téten choreographs and reconstructs social dances from the 15th Century through the 20th Century. Her research has taken her to libraries and archives throughout Europe and America. She has assembled a collection of over 1,000 rare books, manuscripts, journals, film clips and other materials. Her expertise in reading and translating a wide range of obsolete dance notation systems has enabled her to obsolete materials to life. From these materials she has reconstructed and choreographed over 100 dances, which she has woven together for DANCE THROUGH TIME, the professional dance company she founded in 1980. These dances, many previously completely inaccessible, now can be seen by a broad range of audiences, offering insight not only into the times in which the dances first appeared but also into the diverse cultural forces that shape contemporary social dance forms. During her career, Mrs. Téten has choreographed and directed DANCETIME! 500 Years of Social Dance, A Renaissance Revel, A Baroque Salon, A 19th Century Romance, and Dancing the 20th Century. From these productions, In 1998, she founded DANCETIME PUBLICATIONS, which disseminates the knowledge gained from the years of dance experience through the media of video. The Video set DANCETIME! 500 Years of Social Dance and the instructional series How To Dance Through Time are the offerings of her publishing company.
