Text Box: About the Course The 2010 Summer Course in Renaissance and Baroque Music and Dance will run for three days, from Wednesday 13th January to Friday 15th January, 2010, between 9.30am and 3.30pm each day. It will be followed by a Summer Ball 6.30pm—9.30pm on Saturday 16th January, 2010. The Course will consist of two streams: Renaissance and Country Dancing in the two morning sessions each day, and Baroque Dance & Music in the afternoons (see Summer Course Schedule). The streams can be taken separately, or in combination, and are complementary. Students are encouraged to attend all sessions of each in order to gain the greatest benefit. The dances range from sedate to energetic. Each session will include warm-up exercises, instruction in deportment, steps, movements and dance figures. The Renaissance dance course introduces the world of court dance in the sixteenth century. The focus will move from the Elizabethan court, to France and then to Italy, giving a taste of the variety of dances and dance styles preserved in dance treatises and manuscripts from the period, along with a selection of English Country Dances from the late 16th and 17th centuries. Afternoons will be devoted to Baroque Music & Dance, with an emphasis on the rhythms and characteristic movements associated with the variety of dance types to be found in the Baroque musical repertoire. Sessions will include illustrated talks on the place of dance in court society, Beauchamps-Feuillet notation, and the precise relationship between music and dance. Dance notation Navigation buttons