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| Aylwen... |
 Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:25 pm |
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I'm planning a regency dance display for a floor-level stage with the
audience on three sides, the band at the back on the fourth side.
Can you recommend regency-era english country dances that would look
good to an audience on three sides? I'm concerned that many will have
us presenting our backs to the audience. Has anyone had a similar
situation to deal with before?
Bye for now,
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden |
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| Marjorie... |
| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:17 am |
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On Jul 12, 2:25 am, Aylwen <aylwe... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: I'm planning a regency dance display for a floor-level stage with the
audience on three sides, the band at the back on the fourth side.
Can you recommend regency-era english country dances that would look
good to an audience on three sides? I'm concerned that many will have
us presenting our backs to the audience. Has anyone had a similar
situation to deal with before?
Bye for now,
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
This is an excellent question for the ECD mailing list, though some of
the best people to consult are now at Mendocino English Music & Dance
Week and won't be back for a week minimum (more if they drove to
camp). To join the mailing list, go to http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd.htmlx.
Victoria Bestock of Seattle choreographed a 25 minute performance of
Regency era dances for the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle
in which the audience was on *four* sides. (She is on the ECD mailing
list and will respond when she reads your post.) The program is
listed below. She used choreographic devices such as changing the
orientation of the set from east-west to north-south in the middle or
switching the 1s and 2s in a triple minor the second time through,
instead of the 1s simply progressing, so that a 3-couple set could
dance the triple minor (and everyone is dancing). Remember, much of
the time some portion of the dancers will be facing or sideways to any
given side of audience. The most important thing is for your dancers
to always look towards someone, whether another dancer or the
audience, and keep an open facial expression (interest in the action,
smiling, etc.).
Nonesuch English Country Dancers
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival program
Midnight Ramble
Philandering
Le Débauché
The Beau's Retreat
Knole Park
The Convention Cotillion
Bath Carnival
The Fandango
Love and a Bottle
Red and All Red
Trip to Tunbridge
The Bishop
Shrewsbury Lasses
Minuet
Mr Beveridge's Maggot
Leather Lake House
Marjorie Nugent
Seattle, WA |
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