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Early dance: performing the past.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Early dance: performing the past.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)(Dance review)

Article Excerpt
Caroline Copeland's torso retains a regal calm as her turns and jumps race to Handel's music in the New York Baroque Dance Company's production of Terpsicore. Suddenly she stops and shows a simple tendu, pausing to savor the power of the instep.

From headdress to heel, Renaissance and Baroque dance relishes precision and subtlety. Modest turnout and low releves, coupled with controlled, vertical carriage, radiate elegance and ease. Yet because early dance emphasizes the expressive potential of the smallest gesture, every detail--the raising of an eyebrow, the arching of a foot--is charged with meaning and purpose.

From the 15th to 18th centuries, dance occupied a central place in the daily life of European courts. Social dances, theatrical dances, and opera-ballets flourished, forming the foundation of classical ballet. Twentieth century choreographers--including Balanchine, Forsythe, Humphrey, Limon, Morris, Taylor, and Tharp--have used early dance or its music in their works.

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