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- An exciting new documentary that explores the history and scope of the Hip-Hop dance phenomenon.
- This documentary explores the Big Apple dance in the context of American history.
- Contains demonstrations of ragtime and jazz dances by artists at the Savoy.
- Learn to dance the Animal Dances (Fox Trot, Horse Trot, Kangaroo Hop, Duck Waddle, Squirrel, Chicken Scratch, Turkey Trot, Grizzly Bear), Castle Walk, Tango, Maxixe, and Hesitation Waltz.
- A journey through 500 years of social dancing, traveling from court to country, ballroom to bistro, salon to street.
- Learn to dance an Italian Renaissance dance suite: Nido d'Amore (The Nest of Love).
- Viewers will enjoy viewing dances of the most influential Modern Dance pioneers from the 1930s-1970s.
- This DVD/VHS program, THE ART OF BAROQUE DANCE : Folies d'Espagne from Page to Stage (DVD in English and French; VHS in English only) explores the elements that enable us to better understand the historical preservation of dance, from the academic page to its transformation into a vibrant performance. This fascinating video, produced in France, reveals the 17th century Baroque dance of the sophisticated era of King Louis XIV. The king, himself an excellent dancer, ordered the invention of a notation system for dance to teach, codify, and spread this art. The French still continue to celebrate 17th century dance today. It is considered to be the most perfect form of art, uniting all of the qualities needed to educate one's body and soul. View the Video Created by dancers in Paris, the new video, THE ART OF BAROQUE DANCE, is generously layered with a wealth of historic architectural and artistic images. The video's director/choreographer, Natalie Van Parys, has an outstanding French Baroque heritage. Through this video, her lifetime of knowledge and experience enable the next generation to appreciate a venerable art from the past. In this important DVD/VHS, one famous dance, "Folies d'Espagne", is beautifully explored. This popular dance, with its music, has been selected because it features short highly expressive pieces. Each variation has its own temperament, which is inspiration for that choreography. By viewing the re-creation of this one Baroque dance, "Folies d'Espagne", the viewer can trace 5 important characteristics portrayed in this dance performance: .Dance notation .Treatment of space .Arm embellishments .Relation to music .Interpretation of the dancer Thus, this video explores the creative process of researching, reconstructing, re-creating, and performing a Baroque dance. With THE ART OF BAROQUE DANCE : Folies d'Espagne from Page to Stage the public will be able to uncover the secrets of the interpretation of a dance, discover its beauty, better understand the elegance and virtuosity of the French Baroque style, and enter into the world of the very close relationship that existed between dance and music in the 17th century.
- Learn exciting variations to the Waltz, Polka, Galop and Mazurka.
- 199835mNot RatedVideoLearn to dance the Waltz, Galop, Polka, Schottische, and Polka Mazurka.
- Shows the most influential social dances of the French Baroque Court.
- Volume II, The 20th Century Dance through the 20th century with the elegance of the Castle Walk, the spunky madness of the Charleston and Black Bottom, the desperation of the marathons, the sultriness of the Rhumba, the acrobatics of the Jitterbug, the rebellion of Break and Punk and the startling creativity of Hip Hop.
- Dissolving the boundaries between past and present, it blends delicate French Baroque technique with the vibrant motion of contemporary dance. The result is a new creation, which brings a rich heritage forward to enhance the modern world.
- Learn to dance the Grand March, Lancers Quadrille, and the Cotillon.