34th Annual Nonsuch Summer Course
Ashville College, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
20th to 24th August 2010
In 2010, for the first time in the 34 years of running historical dance schools, the Summer School will be open to instrumental musicians who would like to play for dancing. The course will follow the historical development in dance, from the earliest medieval references to the Twentieth Century. Highlights will include dances connected to the local area, including Knaresborough Castle, Ripley Castle, Castle Howard, The Victorian Spa and Pump Rooms, and Agatha Christie.
Music classes will be organised relating to instrument type and consort, and connect with dances being taught alongside. Musicians may opt to learn some of the dances. Singing from Medieval Caroling to Victorian Part Songs is available for all.
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The following timetable is provisional
Thursday 19th August
15:00 Organisers arrive at Ashville College
17:00 onwards Residential Guests arrive
(No Dinner provided at venue.)
Friday 20th August
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast for residential guests
09:00 Arrival Coffee for all. Welcome Speech
09:30 Group Warm Up (all students) Medieval Meet & Greet: Giving Reverence
10:00 – 11:00 Class 1: Dance: Caroling and Brawling (Circles & Chains)
11:00 – 11:30 Break (refreshments)
11:30 – 12:30 Class 2: Dance: Medieval Dance (from the Royal Courts of Europe) (division into 2 groups: Alta or Baja)
12:30 Lunch (provided at college)
14:00 – 15:30 Class 3 Dance: The Italian Renaissance (15th Century Dancing Masters)
15:30 – 16:00 Break (refreshments)
16:00 – 17:30 Class 4 Dance: Italian Renaissance Choreographies
17:30 – 18:30 Dinner (provided at college)
Free evening
Saturday 21st August
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast for residential guests
09:00 Registration
09:30 Warm Up (physical warm up for all students)
10:00 – 11:00 Class 1 Dance: Pavan & Galliard
11:00 – 11:30 Break (refreshments provided)
11:30 – 12:30 Class 2 Dance: La Volta (A). Almain and Elizabethan Country Dances (B)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch (provided at college)
14:00 – 15:30 Class 3 Dance: 16th Century Italian Dancing Masters (Caroso & Negri) (2 groups)
15:30 – 18:00 Free afternoon (rehearsal of Festival dances)
18:00 Dinner (provided at college)
19:00 – 20:30 Evening Session: A Renaissance Tudor Ball (musicians and dancers combine)
Sunday 22nd August
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast for residential guests
09:00 Registration
09:30 Warm Up (physical warm up for all students)
10:00 – 11:00 Class 1: 17th Century Ballroom Minuet
11:00 – 11:30 Break (refreshments)
11:30 – 12:30 Class 2: 18th Century Baroque
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch (provided at college)
14:00 – 15:30 Class 3: 19th Century Regency Cotillion
15:30 – 18:00 Free afternoon (rehearsal of Festival dances)
18:00 Dinner (provided at college)
19:00 – 20:30 Evening Session: Regency Ball
Monday 23rd August
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast for residential guests
09:00 Registration
09:30 Warm Up (physical warm up for all students)
10:00 – 11:00 Class 1: Dance: 19th Century Waltzing & Allemanding
11:00 – 11:30 Break (refreshments)
11:30 – 12:30 Class 2: Dance: National Dances- Polka, Mazurka, Schottishe
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Class 3: Dance: Quadrille
15:30 – 16:00 Break (refreshments)
16:00 – 17:30 Class 4: Dance: Viennese Waltzing
17:30 – 18:30 Dinner (provided at college)
19:00 – 20:30 Evening Session: Farewell Victorian Ball and departures
Tuesday 24th August
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast for Residential guests
Departures
If you would like to be informed of the course for 2010, please email summerschool@nonsuchdance.co.uk or complete the form below.