4 Results for tag "Dance"

• Dance, Dance (during the) Revolution!

  It’s a known fact that our interpreters have many different skills. We, at any one time, may need to not only be an historian but also a writer, director, researcher, host (or hostess), costumer, psychologist, psychoanalyst… and that’s just on a Tuesday. Another area that our interpreters also dive into …

• Dance Lesson 1: Honoring Your Partner

  We’ve all heard the saying, “You have to walk before you run,” often followed by, “And you have to crawl before you walk.” A simple way of saying that before you can achieve the height of anything you might endeavour, you have to start at the basics. In our world …

• Dance Lesson 2: The Structure of Two-Couple Dances

  Greetings, Dance Students! We know you have been working hard on your honors from the last installment; be sure to continue practicing those as we move through the series. Today we will focus on the structure of one of the main styles of 18th-century English Country Dancing: Two-Couple Dances. We …

• Dance Lesson 3: Figures

  So, dear readers, we have now given you an introduction to 18th century dance styles, taken you through your honors, and discussed the basic structure of country dancing. Today, we are going to start learning the foundational steps that make up the vast majority of our dances: Figures. Figures are …