upon a summers day

Altenglischer Countrydance
Barockfest Ludwigslust 2010
Goldener Saal
Hoftanzgesellschaft "plaisir de la cour"

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Altenglischer
• Countrydance
• Potsdam
• Rokoko

[childgrove]

Very elegant and a pleasure to watch, especially the fine stepping--not the usual heel-toe pedestrian walk so often used in modern English country dancing. It's interesting to speculate the extent to which the style of playing and formal dress affect the energy level of the dancing, which is far more restrained than that in contemporary dance groups. For a different look and feel for how English country dances can be done, visit the Childgrove Channel on Youtube. --Paul R

[courtoisye]

The very first dance in the very first edition of John Playford's 'The English Dancing Master' of 1651! How pleasant to see it danced with Baroque steps. I dance with a group that avoids the side couples having to shuffle up as the top couple goes under the arches by moving the whole set up diagonally on the double forward and back - not in the original instructions, but it works well!

[xrannan]

A few million years from swinging-on-a-branch to this, and a couple of hundreds of years for 'dance' to mean any jerky, obscene, aggressive movement you make in panties and bras while swearing ryhtmically (which passes for music).

Life is weird.

Still, it's a good thing men's fashion has changed.

[lidimy]

@childgrove One of my favourite Playfords - both the music and the dance. It's unexpectedly dark for a 'summer' dance but I like it all the more for it. In my dance group we do it very similarly to the above; I think that 'country dance' can misleadingly produce expectations of a rough and ready style of dance?

[kefaad]

Love English country dances! Very fine!

[PowerCampbell]

I love the dance & the musical arrangement, is it from a CD ?

[brigittatw]

great dance show , can i ask wehre you buy that great brown and black lady wigs ?

thanks greetings brigitta