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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93297/art-power-how-louis-xiv-ruled-france-ballet
King Louis XIV, a lifelong ballet dancer, would have it no other way. To him, ballet was more than an art. It was the political currency that kept his country together. Public Domain. When Louis

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During Louis XIV's reign, dance was central to the lives of the nobility and Louis, himself a keen dancer, ensured that it would develop into an art-form that could be taught, preserved and

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This made last night's production of "300 Years On: A Dance Collection from the Reign of Louis XIV" such a rare delight. Here was Baroque music (performed by Musica Pacifica) combined with a number of that same period's set dances (passepied, sarabande, gigue, rigaudon, etc.). For a couple of hours, the audience was transported back in time and

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Musica Pacifica (file photo) ... San Francisco-based ensemble consisted of seven superb players who presented a delightful program largely made up of dance tunes from the British Isles: Ireland, Scotland, and England. Any performance of some two dozen tunes simply played one after another runs the risk of monotony. But as organized by the

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Reconstruction of what the king looked like dancing

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Musica Pacifica, founded in 1990, is widely recognized as one of America's premier Baroque ensembles, lauded for both the dazzling virtuosity and the warm expressiveness of its performances. They have been described as "some of the finest Baroque musicians in America" (American Record Guide) and "among the best in the world" (Alte Musik Aktuell).

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As early as 1400, Western Europeans were dancing steps in the countryside that resemble a waltz, a courtesy or a glissade that we execute in a contemporary ballet class today. Then, in 1642, Louis XIV became the king of France at the very tender age of four (with a 72 year reign, he is the longest known monarch of European history).

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Louis XIV was a very accomplished dancer, performing in his first court ballet at just 12 years old in 1651. He typically danced leading roles representing high deities, including his infamous characterisation of Apollo, the Sun King (le Roi Soleil) in Ballet de la Nuit in 1653. Supporting roles were danced by members of the aristocracy and

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Musica Pacifica is delighted to offer a variety of school and community outreach activities, including masterclasses, ensemble coachings, individual lessons, lecture-demonstrations and school programs. ... the court of Versailles during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, and the Germany of J.S. Bach and his family. Musica Pacifica performs

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Robert M. Isherwood. Convinced by the record of the past' that the fine arts, especially music, contributed to a ruler's esteem, glory, and authority, Louis. XIV was determined to centralize control of the arts and to coordinate artistic activity through a group of royal academies. The king earnestly.

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Musica Pacifica is one of the leading Baroque ensembles in the United States. Featuring Judith Linsenberg, recorders; Ingrid Matthews, baroque violins; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; and Alexa

https://danceinhistory.com/2015/05/17/a-year-of-dance-1715/
A Year of Dance: 1715. Leave a reply. The most significant event of 1715 was the death of Louis XIV on 1 September. He was succeeded by his five year old great-grandson, who became Louis XV. Philippe, duc d'Orléans, the son of Louis XIV's brother (who had died in 1701) became Regent to the child-king. The new reign would usher in

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Musica Pacifica collaborates with noted Baroque dance authority Catherine Turocy and her dancers to present virtuosic choreographies from the London stage and elegant ball dances created for Queen Anne's court, all costumed in elegant, period-style costumes and wigs. It features dances set to music by Handel, Lully, Marais, and Campra, as

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In his Nouveau Recüeil de dance de bal et celle de ballet, a collection of dances by Guillaume-Louis Pecour, Gaudrau included nine ball dances.In his Preface, Gaudrau declared that they had been performed at the last ball given at Louis XIV's favourite retreat Marly. The Nouveau Recüeil received permission to be printed in October 1712 and is generally agreed to have appeared in 1713.

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The concert's title, "300 Years On: A Dance Collection From the Reign of Louis XIV," may... '300 Years On' review: Dance just like Louis XIV SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo

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SOMETIME around 1674 Louis XIV ordered Pierre Beauchamp, dance director at the Acad6-mie Royale de Musique (the Opera) and Louis's dancing master, to find a way to put dance on paper-that is, to develop a system of dance nota-tion.1 We do not know whether Louis gave a reason for this order, beyond the formulaic 'Car tel est notre

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Music of the Baroque Era - Ch. 16. Get a hint. Why were the arts, especially dance, so important during the reign of Louis XIV? Click the card to flip 👆. Louis XIV used the arts to establish his authority. Click the card to flip 👆. 1 / 55.

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Dancing in the Isles. $14.99. Our bestselling album of all time! In DANCING IN THE ISLES: BAROQUE AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, some of America's most dynamic Baroque performers present a mix of virtuoso chamber pieces and their own arrangements of traditional tunes from Scotland, Ireland, and England - from toe

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Fig. 1. Louis XIV dans Le Ballet de la nuit (Art by Henri de Gissey, 1653. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons.) Aisthesis 33 Volume 10, 2019 Agenda-Driven Music in the Court of Louis XIV by Kacie Brown Louis XIVÕs reign was marked by signi!cant contributions to the arts, a legacy that is evident in his lavish palace at Versailles.

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Mercury Soul's first video in its Digital Education Series: Bach, Dance and Louix XIV, illustrates the subtle differences in the Baroque dance styles and how

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Now that it's solidly Autumn, may we tell you about our exciting summer? In June, we were featured on the main stage of the Berkeley Early Music Festival