Kentfield, CA : Dancetime Publications, c2006.
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Notes:

• DVD.
• In French or dubbed English menu and titles in French and English.
• Dancers Gilles Poirier, Natalie van Parys English narration, Carol Teten, Natalie van Parys, T. Hillyard French narration, Natalie van Parys, Dominique Guerder viola da gamba, Emmanuelle Guigues.
• Choreographer, Nathalie van Parys camera, Dominique Guerder editor, Patrick Nollio translation, T. Hillyard, Y. Dharma costumes, Patrice Cauchetier, Patrice Bigel, Celine Jean historic choreography, Louis-Guillaume Pecour, Raoul-Auger Feuillet historic music, Marin Marais.
• Camera, Dominique Guerder editor, Patrick Nollio.
• This video explores the elements of 17th century Baroque dance, charting the historical preservation of dance, from the academic page to its transformation into a vibrant performance. For this we can thank France’s Louis XIV. An excellent dancer, he ordered the invention of a notation system for dance to teach, codify, and spread this art. This film examines one dance, Folies d’Espagne, selected because it features short highly expressive variations–each with its own temperament–to inspire the choreography. During the course of this video, the creative process of researching, reconstructing, re-creating, and performing a Baroque dance is fully explored. Includes full performances of Pecourt & Feuillet’s Les folies d’Espagne pour homme (1704) and Feuillet’s Les folies d’Espagne pour femme (1700), both attempting to be as historically accurate as possible.
• Folies d’Espagne: Variations — Performance — Baroque: Introduction — La Belle dance.
• Special feature: Four original dances in Feuillet Notation [PDF files require a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat].

Subjects:

• Arts, Baroque — France.
• Ballroom dancing.
• Ballroom dancing — History — 18th century.
• Ballroom dancing — History — 19th century.
• Ballroom dancing — Study and teaching.
• Dance — History — 18th century.
• Dance — History — 19th century.
• Dance — France — History — 17th century.
• Dance — France — History — 18th century.
• France — Social life and customs — 17th century.
• France — Social life and customs — 18th century.
• Dance films. lcgft
• Nonfiction films. lcgft
• Documentary films. lcgft

Requested by Klemp, M.