The Courtly Arts Performers of Victoria bring you A Room in Europe: chamber Music and Dance from the Baroque Age. In the stately homes of Europe, friends would gather to present and enjoy musical offerings in a relaxed and intimate…
Apologies for an error in the day noted for the coming Baroque music and dance performance: A Room in Europe Sunday August 18, 1400 Hrs The rest of the original information is correct as are the booking links.
The Courtly Arts Performers of Victoria bring you A Room in Europe: chamber Music and Dance from the Baroque Age. In the stately homes of Europe, friends would gather to present and enjoy musical offerings in a relaxed and intimate…
Please gather your friends and come along for a trip through the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe, guided by our narrator Rod Laird, as he echoes the writings of the original European Courtier Baldassare Castiglione. Our dancers and musicians, all…
We’re ready! One full rehearsal to go, then it will just be a question of packing our costumes and instruments, and off we go to Trinity, Brighton! To our faithful Brighton audience – please note that the concert is on…
We have been fascinated to learn about Baldassare Castiglione, the courtier on whom our programme 'The European Courtier' is based, and hope to manifest some of the attributes he recommends in a courtier: "To dance well without over nimble footings…
For there is none of you so mean and base, that hath not noble luster in your eyes.I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game’s afoot. William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene…
The Virtues of DanceIn every dance, of a most ancient custom, there danceth together a man and a woman, holding each other by the hand or the arm, which betokeneth concord. Now it behoveth the dancers and also the beholders…
Happy new year to you! We hope you enjoyed all the marvellous food and drink over the Christmas and New Year period, as well as had amazing catch-up time with family and friends. Our first year after Helga and Mark's…
We wish you and all your loved ones a Merry Christmas. Thank you for your generous support of the Courtly Arts Performers. It is because of your support and loyalty to the early arts that we work so hard to…