{"id":1899,"date":"2024-12-19T21:22:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/?page_id=1899"},"modified":"2024-12-19T21:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:22:23","slug":"le-projet-contredanses-musique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/en\/le-projet-contredanses-musique\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: Country dances in the Austrian Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you teach historical dance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a hard time finding dances to teach, and their music?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me too. It takes a huge amount of energy to build up and broaden up one\u2019s repertoire. Indeed, you must regularly follow workshops (sometimes far away, often rare and expensive). There, you need to note down de steps and figures instructions, and get the music recording. If you are lucky, you\u2019ll receive it , or be able to buy it on premise \u2013 even though it is less and less common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you wander on the web and in the music shops, even on the second-hand market, to find back the perfect recording. The tempo, the number of repetition, the length of the track, are as many cases you need to check off on the \u00ab usable music \u00bb list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe do you work with musicians? The hunting is still going, not to find CD\u2019s anymore, but to find music sheets. Those valuable documents are sometimes hard to reach. When on the contrary, you work on a very common melody, you can get drowned under the number of versions and arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the work is stil not done! You still need to study the choreography. Then the steps must be dissected so that your pupils can digest them. And finally, you\u2019ll have to teach the dance to the said dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, and it is here that the drama takes place, the dancers do not appreciate the dance that you carefully prepared and teach. #truestory<\/p>\n\n\n

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Music recording and dance instruction booklet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dance teachers, early music lovers, Histoire de Bal<\/a> has thought of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve worked with two talented professional musicians to bring you quality teaching material that\u2019s easy to read and use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this new project, I offer you eleven (11!) completely new pieces of country dance music<\/strong>. No other recordings of these melodies exist. A duo of young professional musicians, Dries De Maeyer (flute) and Tim Mulleman (piano) have reconstructed and arranged the music, based on my reconstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tracks are long enough to fully perform the whole choreography: yes, even the twelve repeats for a standard triple minor set longways<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tests with dancers from the Compagnie Aliquam Amentis<\/a> ensured that the tempo was adapted to the dance throughout. Dries and Tim also came up with clever arrangements to avoid monotony and guarantee musical interest. At all times, the rhythm and structure of the dance are respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music is the basis of everything, of course, but it\u2019s not enough. That\u2019s why a booklet completes the CD. The booklet contains instructions for all the dances on the CD. It also includes a short historical introduction and a glossary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m using the same principle as in my free ebook \u00ab Five historical dance choreographies \u00bb \u2013 offered when you subscribe to the newsletter (form at the bottom of the page). It\u2019s a great way to see how I explain dances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because yes, everyone has their own way of describing movements. Who doesn\u2019t? I\u2019ve tried to be as clear as possible. However, should you come up against a figure, just contact me, and I\u2019ll be delighted to explain the dance even better to you . My contact details are in the booklet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these tools: the recordings and the booklet, you\u2019ll be ready to teach this repertoire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musical and choreographic repertoire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project contains eleven dances published in the Austrian Netherlands \u2013 in nowadays Belgium, in Brussels and Louvain. I have selected them from two collections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n