The Art of Baroque Dance: Folies D'espagne from Page to Stage (DOCUMENTARY)

THE ART OF BAROQUE DANCE is available in two languages: English and French. It explores the creative process of researching, reconstructing, re-creating, and performing a Baroque dance. It offers valuable insights into the artistic creativity involved with dance performances. The public will be able to uncover the secrets of the interpretation of a dance, discover its beauty, better understand the elegance and virtuosity of the French Baroque style. This video, produced in France, reveals the 17th century Baroque dance of the sophisticated era of King Louis XIV. It is considered to be the most perfect form of art, uniting all of the qualities needed to educate one’s body and soul. Created by dancers in Paris, the film is generously layered with a wealth of historic architectural and artistic images.
The popular dance, Folies d’Espagne, has been chosen to be the articulate example of Baroque creativity. Each variation, within this dance, has its own temperament, which is inspiration for that choreography. Thus, the viewer can trace 5 important elements of Baroque dance: dance notation, treatment of space, arm embellishments, relation to music, and interpretation of the dancer. The multi-faceted interpretation offers the viewer valuable insight into the artistic stages which develop a dance performance. The video’s director/choreographer, Natalie Van Parys, has an outstanding French Baroque heritage. Her lifetime of knowledge and experience enable the next generation to appreciate a venerable art from the past.

[@mushroomedanymore633]

If half of KZbin consisted of documentarie like this it would be a way better site!

[@user-mz5lq7rh6i]

07:05 5 positions 07:35 basic steps 08:30 arm movements 14:30 coupes 15:15 pas de bourree

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

Very interesting. All of it falls together and makes sense, when you understand that what you are looking at is in reality a diagram, a living map of the origins of today's classical ballet...

[@abanicodemar]

Magnificent! Thank you so much for this great and beautiful documentary🙏

[@lindawetherby837]

Thank you, Bravo!

[@user-ol1ib1ss2b]

Superb. thank you!

[@BboyFarii]

Thank you SO MUUUCH for uploading this awesome documentary !! This helps so much in researching ballet history and technical background ! :)

[@marinasorbelli3681]

Incredible. Can't tear myself off this immense beauty and mastery work.

[@craigplattbgbc2088]

wonderful documentary

[@saffog]

Thanks for sharing

[@owenaguilarcellohuman]

Es un documental excelente, muy útil como referencia en estudios tanto de música como de danza de la época. Sugiero que le añadan subtítulos en otros idiomas, en mi caso, me serían útiles en español para poder mostrarlo a mis estudiantes. Tendré que hacer la traducción en directo. Mil gracias!

[@amparoospina562]

De acuerdo

[@RosssRoyce]

On 14:38 on the “coupé” backwards, she steps first with the left foot back, but then when the right foot steps back she points it lifted in the air…? I don’t see anything on the notation that indicates such thing, right foot step is bare of any agréments? Or I’m missing something?

[@joesolis2]

And remember:if it isn’t Baroque, don’t fix it.

[@thekingshussar1808]

😊👍❤

[@haedien]

[@meekyattsu6576]

Got here because of a REALLY weird (yet extremely funny) webtoon called New Life Project lmaoo

[@kkallebb]

She mentioned five "positions" but did not name them (or show them)?

[@JenniferMeller]

They are shown at about 7:10 and they are the same 5 positions we use today in modern ballet - I know it's been a year but I hope that's helpful!

[@romikim4548]

Baroque dance

[@kkallebb]

She left out the courante in her list of dances.

[@Contrapuntalist]

It would be nice if your french accent were better, because dance students will pick up your not quite correct accent and perpetuate it.

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

Thank you. Glad someone mentioned that. The English narrator's accent demonstrates the typical American habit of flattening and broadening all the vowels, while also eliminating the delicate nasal and epiglottal aspects of the language. It lends a flatfooted quality to the language that is really unpleasant, which doesn't exist when it is spoken properly.

[@albaida8539]

JAJA los franceses siempre copiando a los españoles, para saber quienes crearon con sus mezclas la zarabanda, la chacona, la jácara, la petenera ...tienes que ver bailar a los hispanos

[@mbsfa8000]

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