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Courante

Title: Courante [videorecording]
Publication: 1984.

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1 videocassette. 95 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

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Videotaped in performance by Lee Goldman on Feb. 24, 1984 during the Riverside Dance Festival at Riverside Theater, New York. Theme: Flirtatious journeys, a baroque dance journey of love and courtship through England, France, Italy, and Spain. Conceived, directed, choreographed/reconstructed by Janis Pforsich. Music realization: John Davison. Music consultation: Kenneth Cooper. Costumes: Benjamin Soencksen, Coe Perkinson, Cheryl Lovett, Marcy Froehlich. Masks: Laurance Gillaspie. Lighting: Robert Rosentel. Performed by Courante: Janis Pforsich (artistic director), Maria Rada Alvarez, Miguel Angel Diaz, Karen Gober Diaz, Stuart Gold, and Mark Haim. Musicians: Anne Briggs (baroque flute), Myron Lutzke (baroque cello), Charles Sherman (harpsichord).

Contents

CONTENTS. - I. Sonata for flute and continuo. Mus: Handel. Perf. by musicians only. - II. England: School for young gentlewomen. An ecchoe: boree, minuet (chor: Mr. Groscort, notated by E. Pemberton, 1711; mus: Anon.). The address: rigadoon, menuett, rigadoon (chor: Kellom Tomlinson, 1719; mus: William Babell). The friendship (chor: Mr. Isaac, notated by Pemberton, 1715; mus: Jacques Paisible). The pastorall: loure, hornpipe (chor: Isaac/Pemberton, 1713; mus: Paisible). The courtship: the regular order of the minuet (chor: Tomlinson, 1720 and 1735; mus: Anon.). The submission: sarabande, minuett, rigadon (chor: Tomlinson, 1717; mus: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet). Mr. Hickford's jigg (chor: Pforsich after Mr. Hickford/Pemberton, 1711; mus: Anon.). Perf. by Alvarez, Haim, M. Diaz, K. Diaz, Pforsich, and Gold. - III. Le rossignol-en-amour (The nightingale in love). Mus: François Couperin. Perf. by musicians only. - IV. France: Fêtes galantes. La mariée (chor: Louis Pécourt, notated by Raoul Feuillet, 1700; mus: Jean-Baptiste Lully). La bocane: courante (chor: Anon., late 17th century; mus: Jacques Cordier, known as Bocane). La muszette à deux (chor: Pécourt, notated by Michel Gaudrau, 1712; mus: André Cardinal Destouches, from Callirhoé, 1712). La bacchante (chor: adapted from Pécourt/Gaudrau, 1712; mus: Louis de Lacoste, from Philomèle, 1705). Entrée pour un berger et une bergère (chor: Pécourt/Gaudrau, 1712; mus
Marin Marais, from Sémélé, 1709). Passepied à quatre (chor: Feuillet, 1711; mus: Anon.). Rigaudon à quatre (chor: Pécourt/Gaudrau, 1712; mus: Anon.). Perf. by Alvarez (Bride), Haim (Bridegroom), Pforsich (Mother of the bride), Gold (Father of the bride), K. Diaz (Shepherdess), M. Diaz (Shepherd). - V. Italy: Delirio amoroso. A commedia dell'arte scene written and directed by Ron Wilson. Mus: Domenico Scarlatti (K125 in G major, K318 Andante in F sharp major, K175 in A minor, K74 in A major). Perf. by K. Diaz (Columbine), Haim (Harlequin), Alvarez (Isabella), M. Diaz (Flavio), and Gold (Priest). - VI. Sonata no. 5 in E minor for cello and continuo. Mus: Antonio Vivaldi. Perf. by musicians only. - VII. Spain: el amante apasionado. A dance scene based on Act III, L'Espagne, of the ballet opera L'Europe galante (1697). Lib: Antoine Houdart de La Motte. Entrée espagnolle (chor: adapted from Pécourt/Feuillet, 1704; mus: André Campra), perf. by Gold. Folies d'Espagne pour un homme (chor: Pécourt/Feuillet, 1704; mus: Marais, from Couplets de Folies), perf. by Haim. Rondeau espagnolle (chor: Pécourt/Feuillet, 1704; mus: Campra), perf. by K. Diaz and M. Diaz. Entrée espagnolle (chor: Pécourt/Feuillet, 1704; mus: Campra), perf. by Pforsich. Canary à deux (chor: Feuillet, 1700; mus: Anon.), perf. by Gold and Haim. Folie d'Espagne pour femme (chor: Feuillet, 1700; mus: Arcangelo Corelli, from Sonata no. 12), perf. by
Alvarez. Canary finale (chor: Feuillet, 1700; mus: Lully, from Bellérophon, arranged by Kenneth Cooper), perf. by entire cast.

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*MGZIA 4-355

OCLC

NYPY896031019-F

Title

Courante [videorecording]

Imprint

1984.

Local Subject

Television. Courante.

Baroque dancing.

Opera ballet. L'Europe galante.

Added Author

Pforsich, Janis. Conceptor. drt, choreographer, dancer.

Alvarez, Maria Rada, dancer.

Díaz, Miguel Angel, dancer.

Diaz, Karen Gober, dancer.

Gold, Stuart, dancer.

Haim, Mark, dancer.

Pemberton, E., choreographer.

Tomlinson, Kellom, choreographer.

Paisible, James, 1656?-1721. Composer

Isaac, Mr, choreographer.

Lœillet, John, 1680-1730. Composer

Hickford, Mr., active 1711, choreographer.

Couperin, François, 1668-1733. Composer

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687. Composer

Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729, choreographer.

Feuillet, Raoul-Auger, 1659 or 1660-1710, choreographer.

Cordier, Jacques, approximately 1580- choreographer.

Destouches, M. (André Cardinal), 1672-1749. Composer

Gaudrau, Mr. (Michel), choreographer.

Lacoste, Louis de, approximately 1675-approximately 1757. Composer

Marais, Marin, 1656-1728. Composer

Wilson, Ron. Author. Director

Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757. Composer

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Composer

Campra, André, 1660-1744. Composer

La Motte, M. de (Antoine Houdar), 1672-1731. Librettist

Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713. Composer

Groscort, Mr, choreographer.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Composer

Courante (Dance company)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-355

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