[Bg-dance] Italian dance workshop date?

Charlene Charette charlene281 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 14 20:21:34 PDT 2013


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:

>
> Perronnelle, what parameters did you have in mind?  The Austinites [1]
> listed above know the Italian Top Hits (Petit Vriens, Amoroso, not
> enough for Gelosia but we know it, prolly Rostiboli) -- maybe
> advertise no utter dance beginners but knowledge of Italian is not
> needed?  Might we also get a two-page cheat sheet of steps that can be
> referred to?  (That's one of the barriers for me.)
>
>
Sorry for the late reply. Mon-Wed I'm usually swamped with classes and
homework; add in six days of migraines; and I'm still trying to get caught
up.

Previous dance experience, but not necessarily Italian dance experience, is
a good pre-requisite.

My thinking was to teach "dancing" rather than "dances." One day is really
not sufficient for learning both steps and choreographies and students are
aren't likely to come away knowing the dances cold. I'll be happy if they
can do some version of the steps without having to think too hard; the
dances become a vehicle for teaching the steps. I'll provide handouts so
students can continue to learn the dances on their own.

I have two projects to complete early this week, then I can devote time to
finalizing the exact dances I'll be using. Thinking out loud here (and I'm
still open to feedback):

The 15th century standards are usually: Rostiboli, Petit Vriens, Amoroso,
and sometimes Anello or Gelosia. I'll probably start with one of those just
to get students warmed up with something already familiar. I'm leaning
towards doing La Vita di Cholino; maybe Voltati in ca Rosina.

For 16th century I'm considering one of the Contrapassi; there are several
versions of this dance. Gracca Amorosa seems popular; maybe Bella Gioioso.
I'm still looking at which dances use what steps; no sense teaching a dance
that uses only less-frequently-used steps.



> I'll try to bring some snacks for during the day -- cheeses, meat,
> crackers.
>
>
Snacks are a good idea. We'll definitely take short water breaks reguarly
and, depending on how students are holding up, a longer break every two or
three hours.


I'd like to go to dinner with people afterwards: Four Seasons, Red
> Robin or Cheddars, or other suggestions that people may come up with.
> It's been a while since I've gone to Oasis, in the same shopping
> center as Four Seasons: pizza, kebab, buffalo wings, salads, subs,
> gyros.


I have no strong preference for dinner options. If possible, I'd like
someplace that isn't so loud you have to shout to talk with your tablemates.

--Perronnelle
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