Dramatic Dance

IntroductionAlternative Approaches: Making Dance DramaticChapter OneAncient Ideas: Dionysian OrchestrationChapter TwoMedieval Realms: Feudal FormationsVideo samples: [1] French Basse Danse: La Dame; [2] Royal Estampie: La Quinte Estampie RealChapter ThreeItalian Balls: Renaissance RhythmsVideo samples: [3] Italian Bassadanza for 2: Alexandresca; [4] Italian Bassadanza for 3: Pellegrina; [5] Italian Ballo for 2: Rostibolly Gioioso; [6] Italian Ballo for 4: AnelloChapter FourShaking with Shakespeare: Court and CountryVideo samples: [7] New Almaine; [8] La Volta; [9] Italian Balletto: Torneo Amoroso; [10] Washerwomen's Branle; [11] Country Dance for 2 couples: Rufty Tufty; [12] Country Dance for 3 couples: Shepherds' Holiday; [13] Country Dance for 3 couples: Picking of SticksChapter FiveBaroque Around the Clock: Mincing by the MinuetVideo Samples: [14] The Ballroom Minuet; [15] BourréeChapter SixNineteenth Century Coupling: Partners PleaseVideo samples; [16] Allemanding; [17] Mazurka; [18] PolkaChapter SevenTwentieth Century Foxtrots: Crazy Dances and Dance CrazesVideo sample: [19] CharlestonConclusionTaking Leave: The Final Bow

Darren Royston is a Dance and Movement Tutor and Choreographer at RADA, and the Artistic Director and Choreographer for Nonsuch History and Dance. He is council member of many professional organizations including The Laban Guild for Movement and Dance, The European Association of Dance Historians, DANCE UK Choreographers' Forum and the Early Dance Circle (UK) and a member of UNESCO International Council for Dance.