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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Workshop in Historical Dance: July 11-19, sponsored by Amherst Early Music Inc. Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:02:55 -0400 From: Dorothy Olsson <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] (Please excuse any cross-postings.) Announcing the HISTORICAL DANCE PROGRAM at the … AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL (AEMF) Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 19, 2009 Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut This Year’s Theme: “Music of England and Spain” Dance Faculty: Dorothy Olsson, Director; Kaspar D. Mainz Dance Classes: Dance is an integral part of the Amherst Early Music Festival (a two-week early music festival with a vast array of musical offerings; see http://www.amherstearlymusic.org/). For the 2009 workshop, classes will be offered in Baroque Dance, Survey of English Dance (15th-18th centuries) and Music of Purcell. All levels of dancers are welcome. This year's program consists of one week of classes, with two public performances. Participants are also entitled to attend many other events (including English country dancing, concert and lectures) in the evenings that are part of the Amherst Early Music Festival. Performance Opportunities: This year our opera production will be Henry Purcell’s “Dioclesian” (1691). Our performance (fully staged, with costumes and accompaniment of live music) will take place on July 17, during the first week of the AEM Festival. Director: Drew Minter; Dance Directors: Dorothy Olsson, Kaspar D. Mainz; Orchestra Director: Webb Wiggins; Vocal coach: Julianne Baird; Scriptwriter and Diction Coach: Lawrence Rosenwald; Costumer: Ronnie Snader. In addition, there will be a special Baroque dance project, “The Jigg’s Up,” to be performed on July 15. More Information about AEMF: For an Application Form, and more information about the Amherst Early Music Festival, please visit our website, http://www.amherstearlymusic.org/, or send an email to: [log in to unmask] Amherst Early Music Marilyn Boenau, Director 47 Prentiss St Watertown, MA 02472, U.S.A. Phone: 617-744-1324 Fax: 617-744-1327 More Information about the Historical Dance Program: Please visit our web page, http://www.newyorkhistoricaldance.com/ Or, contact Dr. Dorothy Olsson: [log in to unmask] Für Informationen auf Deutsch, bitte kontaktieren Sie Kaspar D. Mainz: [log in to unmask] We hope you will join us! Best, Dorothy Olsson Kaspar D. Mainz -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/reed-l.html> http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/ => REED's home page http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/stage.html => our Web guide http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page