DANSOX INAUGURAL SUMMER SCHOOL

ALASTAIR MACAULAY, former Chief Dance Critic at the New York Times, leads this three-day event.

Guest lectures by Alastair Macaulay on Petipa, Balanchine, Cunningham.

Seminars on dance history and theory with leading dance scholars.

Unique lecture demonstrations on technical and choreographic practice led by Susie Crow and Jennifer Jackson, formerly of the Royal Ballet, as well as Richard Alston on the influence of Cunningham on his work.

Unique showing of Lynne Wake's film on Béjart and Queen.

All are welcome. You don't have to be able to dance to come and watch, learn, and join discussions! Come for a day or two, or for the whole three days. Coffee and lunch provided for ticket holders.

To celebrate the inauguration of this special event, DANSOX is offering one-off specially discounted tickets: £15.00 daily ticket, £30.00 for a three-day ticket (see programme below). Booking essential via Eventbrite.

Accommodation available in St Hilda's College - contact sarah.brett@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

Further information from Professor Susan Jones, susan.jones@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

PROGRAMME

Saturday 6th July 2019

10.30am Refreshments and Registration. Welcome: Sue Jones (South Foyer)

11.00am Alastair Macaulay: Lecture on PETIPA (Vernon Harcourt Room)

1.00pm Lunch (JdP Foyer)

2.00pm Moira Goff: Lecture/demo on seventeenth-century and baroque dance ‘Lately Arriv’d From Paris’? Dancing on the London Stage, 1660-1760 (JdP Auditorium)

Tea (JdP Foyer)

4.15pm Julia Bϋhrle: Talk/Discussion on Weaver and Noverre (Vernon Harcourt Room)

5.00pm Lynne Wake shows her film on Béjart and Queen (JdP Auditorium)

6.30pm Drinks Reception (JdP Foyer)

Sunday 7th July 2019

10.30am Refreshments and Registration (South Foyer)

11.00am Alastair Macaulay: Lecture on BALANCHINE (Vernon Harcourt Room)

1.00pm Lunch (JdP Foyer)

2.00pm Seminar/Talks: Renate Bräuninger - Balanchine and Music; Gabriela Minden - The Influence of the Ballets Russes on 20C British Drama; Margaret Watson - Ashton’s Daphnis and Chloe (Vernon Harcourt Room)

Tea (JdP Foyer)

4.15pm Susie Crow and Jonathan Still: Workshop Presentation on ‘The Class’ with dancers Ben Warbis and Ellie Ferguson of Yorke Dance Project (JdP Auditorium)

6.15pm Drinks Reception (JdP Foyer)

Monday 8th July

9.00am Refreshments and Registration (South Foyer)

9.30am Seminar: Fiona Macintosh – Dance and the Classics; Tom Sapsford – The Ballets Russes and the Classics (Vernon Harcourt Room)

11.00am Alastair Macaulay: Lecture on MERCE CUNNINGHAM (Vernon Harcourt Room)

1.00pm Lunch (JdP Foyer)

2.00pm Jennifer Jackson and Tom Armstrong, composer: Workshop on ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ and music and choreographic practice (JdP Auditorium)

Tea (JdP Foyer)

4.15pm Richard Alston – Merce Cunningham’s influence in relation to his work, solo performance by Elly Braund (JdP Auditorium)

6.15pm Drinks Reception and Book Launch of ‘Marius Petipa’ by Nadine Meisner (OUP 2019) (JdP Foyer)

7.00pm Buffet Supper