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Chalemie early
music, dance & commedia
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The Chalemie
Summer School
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From Sunday 30
June to Saturday 6 July 2024 Chalemie will hold its 24th Summer
School in Early Music, Dance, Period Costume Making and Commedia. Leading
performers from the group will direct a series of workshops on 17th/18th
century music, song, dance, commedia and costume making, with a particular
emphasis on the English repertoire of this period.
The course in
2024 will be held at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland. This is a
beautiful old school right in the center of the historic market town of
Uppingham.
The Chalemie
Summer School is for everyone interested in performing music, song, dance or
commedia, or any combination of these, together with period costume making.
While its focus is on the 17th/18th centuries, it is not restricted to this
period alone.
Timetable
The course
will be held over seven days (six nights), beginning with registration from
12.00 noon to 2.00 pm on Sunday 30 June, and ending after lunch on Saturday 6
July.
Mornings will start with a group
class (which we hope all will want to attend!). This will be a warm-up session
in which we will explore movement and presentational skills. In particular, the
relationship between music and movement, along with the expression of music in
physical form, should help both dancers and musicians to improve their
performance. These sessions will be based partly around some of the fundamental
routines and physical exercises that lie behind the ancient art of Commedia
dell' Arte.
The timetable is intended to be
fairly flexible in allowing participation in a variety of activities. Mornings
(plus Sunday afternoon) will be allocated to formal courses in the chosen
primary study sessions. Other afternoons are less formal and provide an
opportunity to explore new areas as secondary studies, to continue with your
primary study, or simply to do your own thing. Evenings are completely
informal, but a variety of entertainments and activities have been arranged for
all participants wishing to take part, including: a barn dance, a
lecture/performance by Chalemie and a party/concert.
To encourage students to think of
performance in theatrical terms there will be a concert on the final evening
with an opportunity to present short pieces worked on during the course.
Further information
For further information and a
full brochure, please contact Barbara Segal:
3 Thornhill Square
Islington
London N1 1BQ
Tel: 020 7619 9855
Email: chalemie@chalemie.co.uk
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