Proceedings of the Known World Dance Symposium 2007

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MGH Commons

Thursday

6:30 pm

Opening dance social

9:30

Social ends

Friday

9:00 am

Welcome and Orientation

9:30

The Volta

Introduction to Dance Sources

10:30

Introducing 16^th C Italian Steps

Playing for dancing

12:00 noon

Lunch break

1:30 pm

Fifteenth-Century, North of Italy

Some of the variations on the as-many-as-will ECDs

Band: Burgundian, Arbeau, Almans

2:30

Short Survey of Welsh Dance

Band: Early Italian

3:30

English Court Masque

Triple Terpsichore - Dances for 3

Band: Late Italian

4:30

Santucci: A New Source (1614)

Band: English Country Dances

5:30

Dinner break

7:00

Friday evening
dance

10:00

Dance ends

Saturday

9:00 am

Reconstruction Techniques for Dance

Mixed Bransles of the Champagne Suite

Basic Galliards from Arbeau

10:00

How to teach anything

Interestingly weird 3-couple English C D

Ornamenting Dance (and Other) Music

11:30

Improvisation Principles

Three Basse Dances from 15^th C Burgundy

Fun for 4 Couples with 1st Playford

12:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30

Celeste Giglio

Interesting English Country Dances

Band: Saturday Set 1

Pavan & Galliard

2:10

Branles

2:30

Band: Saturday Set 2

2:50

15^th Century Italian

3:30

Il Canario
(signup required)

Gresley Manuscript Dances

Band: Saturday Set 3

16^th Century Italian

4:10

Old Measures

4:30

Band: Saturday Set 4

4:50

English Country

5:30

Dinner break

7:00

Saturday evening dance

10:00

Dance ends

Sunday

9:00 am

Dancer challenge

Intermediate 15^th C Italian dances

Dance Videos

10:00

15^th - 16^th Century Basse Dance

Four-couple English Country Dances

Dances by Request

11:30

Lunch break

12:30 pm

Caroso Ball

3:00

Symposium ends