Philippa Waite is well known as a performer and teacher of Baroque dance. She studied with Wendy Hilton and taught for her at the annual Baroque Music and Dance Workshops at Stanford University, USA. Philippa is currently guest teacher of Period Movement and Dance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is Artistic Director of Consort de Danse Baroque and as such choreographs in the Baroque style for the company's productions; she also teaches, performs and gives lecture-demonstrations throughout the UK and abroad.
As a choreographer and reconstructor of historical dance, Philippa offers Period Movement and Dance workshops to schools, colleges, universities, conservatoires, musicians and theatre/opera companies, and is available as a consultant/choreographer for theatre, opera, television and film productions.
Consort de Danse Baroque is a historical dance company offering performances, lecture-demonstrations, school workshops, and an annual summer school held in Cardiff, South Wales, as well as regular classes in Baroque and historical dance around the UK and abroad.
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Philippa Waite
Workshop as a part of the 5th International days of Baroque dance in Potsdam:
Choreographing in the Baroque style: Group dances, for experienced dancers
The workshop will look at 2 contrasting dances, choreographed by Philippa either to music from Telemanns "Hochzeit-Divertissement" (with a choice of dances from a rigaudon of 5, a gigue of 3, a loure of 4 or a passepied for 4) of a Passepied for 3 for music by Kirnberger.
The workshop will look at technique & style required to obtain the character / affect of different dance types.
For experienced baroque dancers, at least 8, max. 16
Time: 17th of June, 2 - 5 p.m and 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: Bürgerhaus anm Schlaatz, Trainingsraum, Schilfhof 28, 14478 Potsdam
Costs: 30,-€
Registration: email: kanzlei@potsdamer-rokoko.de
Tanzworkshop im Rahmen der 5. Internationalen Barocktanztage in Potsdam
Choreographieren im barocken Stil: Gruppentänze, für erfahrene Barocktänzer
Der Workshop beinhaltet 2 gegensätzliche Tänze choreographiert von Philippa entweder zu Musik von Telemanns "Hochzeit-Divertissement" (wahlweise ein Rigaudon für 5, eine Gigue für 3 oder ein Passepied für 4) oder ein Passepied für 3 zur Musik von Kirnberger.
Der Workshop beachtet die Technik und den Stil, die nötig sind, um den Charakter der verschiedenen Tänze zu erhalten.
Für erfahrene Barocktänzer, mind. 8 , max. 16
Workshopsprache: englisch (bei Bedarf ünterstützt durch deutsche Übersetzung)
Ort: Bürgerhaus am Schlaatz, Trainingsraum, Schilfhof 28, 14478 Potsdam
Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2015 Zeit: 14 – 17 Uhr und 18 - 21 Uhr
Kosten: 30,-€
Anmeldung über Potsdamer Rokoko e.V. kanzlei@potsdamer-rokoko.de
