1. medieval dance history: Volume 1
€25.00
History of dance in the Middle Ages, 20 dance reconstructions and musical scores - CD of 20 dances
History of dance in the Middle Ages, 20 dance reconstructions and musical scores - CD of 20 dances
History of dance in the Middle Ages: Volume 1
Medieval dance is an intriguing subject. Few dancers have taken it seriously. Most specialists remain powerless or perplexed by the absence of precise choreographic documents or treatises, so that lovers of medieval music don't know where to start. Yet iconography showing dancers abounds, musical manuscripts contain numerous dance tunes, and literary texts very often describe dance scenes.
In her thesis for the Doctorat d'Histoire de l'Art "Danseurs, acrobates et saltimbanques dans l'art du Moyen-Age, Recherches sur les représentations ludiques, chorégraphiques et acrobatiques dans l'iconographie médiévale" (Dancers, acrobats and acrobats in medieval art: research into playful, choreographic and acrobatic representations in medieval iconography) - Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Catherine Ingrassia gives us a clear picture of what we know, and proposes a number of interpretations.
The 20 pieces of music and choreography presented here are, so to speak, ready-to-use, designed to be played and danced by amateurs and enthusiasts, or the simply curious wishing to learn about the music and dance of the Middle Ages. The reconstruction method used represents an archaeological proposal among others, but always based on historical documents.
64-page booklet (A4 format) + CD of 20 dances / €25
Venes apres moi - Quant li rossignols - A l'entrada Del tens clar A - A l'entrada Del tens clar B - Kalenda Maya - Or est Baiars - Non sofre - Quen a omagen - Moresque - La seconde estampie royal - Harley 2 - Ave Mater/Dou Way Robin - Stella splendens A - Stella splendens B - Dame a vous sans retollir - Saltarello 3 A - Saltarello 3 B - Faenza 43 - Roti boully joyeulx - Petit vriens -
Authors' biographies
Catherine Ingrassia In 1982, she carried out her first research on medieval dance for her master's degree and doctorate in Art History on the iconography of dance in the Middle Ages at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her encounter with Léon Pressouyre, Claude Gaignebet and Andrea Francalanci transformed her studies into a passion; her research and regular practice led her to perfect her skills and discover many different dance techniques. In 2000, she set up the Morescarole association to guide dancers, musicians and circus performers through her research, experimenting with medieval dance and performance. Her approach to reading dance texts and images brings this repertoire to life, while remaining faithful to the sources. Catherine is a member of the International Dance Council (c/o UNESCO).
Christophe Deslignes Classically trained, Christophe Deslignes has dedicated himself to interpretation and creation on the portable organ since 1989. He graduated from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 1995, and played with Mala Punica from 1992 to 1998. His first solo album, "Les Maîtres de l'organetto florentin au XIVéme siècle", was named record of the year by Le Monde in 1998. Co-founder of Millenarium, he has been invited to perform on major national and international stages. His discography includes some fifty albums for the Arcana, Erato, Ricercar, Jade, Carpe Diem, MA-Recordings, Homerecordings and le lOcal labels. Christophe has worked at the Musée de la Musique in Paris since 2004, at the Institut Curie (pediatrics) since 2014 and in Neonatology at the CHU de Vannes since 2018. He has been in charge of developing the Medieval Music Department at the CRD du Havre since September 2018. He has been organizing medieval music and dance workshops since 1997 in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, Sulniac and Bayeux.
Xavier Terrasa He has been performing the musical repertoires of the Western Middle Ages since 1992 as a singer and instrumentalist in ensembles such as La Maurache, Obsidienne , Millenarium, Amadis, Joër....He specializes in the reading of manuscript sources and medieval organology, which he teaches at the Sorbonne - Paris IV. He teaches the history of music in the Middle Ages at various institutions. He lectures at the Musée de la Musique in Paris. He is artistic director of the Instrumentarium de Chartres, a project to restore some fifty musical instruments based on the statuary, paintings and stained-glass windows of Chartres Cathedral.
