In a message dated 12/29/00 10:51:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, ibracamonte@y... writes: ibracamonte@y... writes:
<< Other styles of dance... I hate the music. Jazz and modern dance music sends me screaming out into the night. Tap, too. Perky, cutesy musical theater dances make me roll my eyes. Ballroom dancing might be fun, however. I'm just a one-track classical music type, I guess. I like old swing (big band brass stuff), but the new type of swing is too rocky for my ears. That's why I picked ballet. >>
Isabel, is there a Renaissance or Baroque dance company in SF? There must be someone who coaches period dance there. I had a stage movement class in NY where we did wonderful courtly dances, promenades, etc. We had a great stretching warm-up similar to yoga. There was quiet a lot to learn about hand placement and posture. A lot depends on the period and on the dancer's marital / social status, if I remember correctly. Now THAT goes with the kind of music you like and is imminently relevant to opera.
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