Full Description
First Published in 2005. Dances of Shakespeare gives a brief introduction to how to perform all of the dance styles featured in Shakespeare's plays. Designed for the practicing director, actor, or choreographer, it gives clear instruction on how to perform popular dances of Shakespeare's day, including masques, brawls, canaries, corantos, galliards, jigs, La Volta, pavans, morris dances, and roundels. Accompanied by clear illustrations, these instructions allow even the dance-challenged to quickly master enough technique to suit amateur, community, college, or semi-professional productions. Other useful features include a chronological listing of popular dances similar in spirit to those of Shakespeare's days, designed for those staging Shakespeare's work in periods other than as written, as well as an appendix list of the plays grouped by what is called for in the text: a dance, a masque, or a specific dance form. Dances of Shakespeare is a must have for all student directors and performers interested in staging Shakespeare's works.
Contents
Prologue i Preface ii Introduction iii Acknowledgments viii Chapter I STAGE DIRECTION (Dance) page 1 The Life of King Henry VIII MacBeth A Midsummer Night's Dream Pericles Prince of Tyre Romeo and Juliet The Tempest The Life of Timon of Athens The Winter's Tale Chapter II MASQUES page 8 The Third Part of King Henry VI The Life and Death of King John The Life and of King Henry VIII A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice The Life of Timon of Athens Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will Chapter III BERGOMASK page13 A Midsummer Night's Dream Chapter IV BRAWL (Branle, Hay/Hey/Haye) page 14 Love's Labours Lost Chapter V CANARY page 17 All's Well That Ends Well Love's Labours Lost Chapter VI CORANTO (Couranto) page 21 All's Well That Ends Well The Life of King Henry V Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will Chapter VII GILLIARD (Sink-a-pace/ Cinque Pas/ Caper) page 24 All's Well That Ends Well Much Ado About Nothing The Life of Kings Henry V Chapter VII JIG page 28 Hamlet Love's Labours Lost Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will Chapter IX LA VOLTA page 32 The Life of King Henry V The History of Troilus and Cressida Chapter X MEASURE (Pavan) page 34 All's Well That Ends As You Like It The Life of King Henry VIII Love's Labours Lost Much Ado About Nothing Pericles Prince of Tyre The Tragedy of King Richard II The Tragedy of King Richard III Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will Chapter XI MORRIS DANCE page 46 All's Well That Ends First Part of King Henry IV The Life of King Henry V A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Second Part of King Henry IV Chapter XII ROUNDEL (Ringlet) page 50 MacBeth A Midsummer Night's Dream Appendix I OTHER SOCIAL DANCES page 54 Appendix II THE PLAYS page 74 Illustrations page76 Bibliography page 78 Index page 80
