[Artemisia] Medieval European dance

[Spencer Maschek]

I think live musicians would be cool. My Lady and I were discussing dancing
the amoroso at War if we can get it down well enough by then. We should
since for the two weeks from Hearthwarming we will be doing nothing but
practicing it. (Bride & Grooms dance for our wedding).
Vlad
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Padget" <bapadget at yahoo.com>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Medieval European dance


> --- Lisa <elsidhg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For those interested in participating for the A&S
> > war point at Estrella for dance, would you like to
> > have live musicians? The idea had been bantied
> > about, and I think now is a good time to start the
> > planning. We have many fine musicians in Artemisia
> > that also attend Estrella. Please contact me if you
> > are interested, or let me know if someone else is
> > already coordinating this.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Elsidh
>
> Two thoughts -- (okay three, but who's counting)
>
> 1.  Every dance wonk I know prefers live music.  The
> *only* advantage of recorded music is its absolute
> consistency -- good for dance performance, of course,
> but not very authentic. :D
>
> 2.  Preliminary discussions with Aten dance wonks have
> tended toward using recorded music for the war point.
> The fear, as I recall, was that a piece might find it
> is being judged on the music, or the performance as a
> whole, rather than strictly on the dance.
>
> 3.  The precise competition rules are hashed out in
> the treaty negotiation process.  I've never been very
> closely involved in negotiations on the arts points.
> So...Mistress Juliana, or anyone else who might know:
> To whom do suggestions/concerns go?  When/how should
> we send them?
>
> Regards,
> Niccolo
> Abbastanza Buon Non E Abbastanza Buono
> bapadget at yahoo.com
>
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