#historical dance

[marzipanandminutiae]

tfw you're at a ball and someone asks if you know how to waltz and you say yes but then you get on the floor and discover that she knows only modern waltz and you know only 1860s waltz

there is no box step in 1860s waltz

[elegantballetalk]

Today's watch:

Historical dance exam, Vaganova year two, 1993

[my18thcenturysource]

Yearly obligatory reblog 😌

Today is World ballet Day, and you must be crazy if you thought I’d let this day pass with no new post soooo… here we are! With a ballet from the 18th century staged in the 18th century way! ISN’T THAT AWESOME?

This is the scene no. 7 of “Didona Abbandonata, ballo tragico pantomimo” (1766) by Gasparo Angiolini. This is a live recording from 2015, re-staged by Helena Kazárová. All this looks just gorgeous. I with there was a troupe of baroque dancing near me.

Credits:

Helena Kazárová (choreography and stage direction)

Hartig Ensemble dancers

Musica Florea orchestra (conducted by Marek Štryncl)

Costumes: Roman Šolc

Make-up and wigs: Karel Langer

Filmed by Daniel Roznyó

Cast: Queen Dido - Blanka Ferjentsik Wernerová, Aeneas - Miroslav Stehlík, Ladies-in-waiting: Michaela Bartlová, Ida Fišerová, Lenka Kantorová, Michaela Špačková. Companions of Aeneas: Ladislav Beneš, Aleš Hanzlík

[courtneythepiggy]

I made this poll a long time ago but I wanted to do it again cause it be fun

EDIT) I have another post with some short horribly explained summaries explaining these if you are interested.

[kaleidoscopiccc]

oh you hate musicals? oh so youre allergic to all fun and whimsy then? youre against all joy and giddiness brought in front of you huh? you just hate any and all happiness and silly times dont you?

[technically-human]

I loved your pic of the boys dancing so much. Any chance of getting to see them dancing in different styles together?

Tango, odissi and minuet!

ko-fi

[nipuni]

Photos at Madrid's Victory ball! 💃

We attended our first ball! It was such a dreamlike experience!! It was also our first time doing Regency reenactment so it was a challenge. We haphazardly put together some looks, had a great time learning more about the fashion and the dances and met a bunch of lovely people from all over the world. The palace was stunning, the live band was wonderful and the food delicious, it was an unforgettable night 🥰

[sealedintime]

Friends Dancing, 1955. Photo by Art Shay.

[buildoblivion]

🟩⬛️ queens ⬛️🟩

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, January 7, 1934

[kiwibes]

I dont know if this belongs here but I am part of a historical dancing troupe and I would really appreciate anyone willing to follow our instag account (@caprioolgent). I know that it is not a tumblr of course (not sure if such content would be appreciated here?) but it is really hard to get these types of organizations in the spotlight

So I started the account to reach more people than with our website and fb. I do it mixed english and dutch for the international folks! I have never before done sth like this so bear with me!

Short introduction! We are a small dancing troupe in Ghent (Belgium) and we specialise in reconstructing and performing late medieval, Bourgondian and Renaissance dances. Roughly 14 to beginning 17th century.

The majority of the costumes are selfmade. We try to stay loyal to the historical silhoutte but we are flexible because of difference in sewing skills of our volunteers, real wool textile being expensive, it is a large time frame so we don't have a costume for every 30 year-block in the renaissance period etc. Most of our court dances are french, italian, spanish or english.

So if you wanna make my day please give us a follow🥺 and if you have any suggestions, anything you would like to see please feel free to let me know!

Thank you!

[marzipanandminutiae]

I hate how doing any kind of yarn craft basically means you can only produce plastic clothes or it's going to be 300$ in yarn minimum. Every yarn has some acrylic and the natural stuff is so wildly expensive. I would love to use 100% natural fibers but the options are limited

God, yeah. The price of natural-fiber materials is insane.

My average budget for like a full silk gown, trim and notions included, is around $200- and that's ONLY because I live near a discount fabric store that gets bolt-ends from big fashion houses and sells silk for like $10/yard. Wool is insane, for some reason- that place only has coating (heavyweight) and suiting (lighter but feels like plastic even though it's not), so making a dress or anything not outerwear from wool involves shopping online and some painful spending.

I just bought 6 yards of wool to make my Dream Dressing-Gown. It was $210 for JUST the wool- I still have to get lining fabric, possibly an embroidery machine pattern, embroidery thread (because my friend who's generously letting me use her machine only has polyester and rayon). Part of that was shipping from freaking Poland because finding a website that has non-stretch, dark green wool at any weight below "snow gear" in the States is nigh impossible.

(Or that actually discloses the weight in a meaningful way; that's another problem I've encountered. "Brushed wool!" Great, but how heavy is it? "It's wool!" Not helpful. It's like they can't fathom wanting to use wool for anything besides heavy outerwear. Which they probably can't, because that's all we're accustomed to seeing it as nowadays.)

Like I'm tempted to blame militant v*gans for the inaccessibility of silk and wool, but honestly, capitalism was probably just waiting for the excuse to turn all our clothes to crap. I doubt there's been enough outcry about them to push those fabrics out of reach, the way there has been for fur and leather (to clarify: pro-treating animals humanely, anti-plastic clothing, not opposed to the use of aforesaid materials if those animals are properly cared-for and humanely killed).

At least you can still find cotton and some linen things in stores- for now. They're still more expensive, though, and limited in what weaves are often seen. Cotton velvet, for example? Forget it.

It's so disturbing and frustrating.

[several-breathing-eyes]

Does Camp Jupiter celebrate the Ides of March? Or do they hold it as a solemn day? Like Camp Jupiter sees it as a day where drastic measures had to be taken to protect democracy.

But then you have Camp Half Blood who absolutely celebrates the Ides of March.

Camp Jupiter: This is a solemn day we remember that drastic measures were taken in the name of Rome and that we will not allow dictatorship.

Camp Half Blood: Haha stab Caesar day. Check out this pinata we made of him.

[elena-kukanova]

Some moments of the Moscow festival of historical reconstruction “Times and Epochs” 2024

[artist-ellen]

Fooduary Day 22: Tres Leches

So today might have supposed to be Pumpkin pie but I’ve already done a pie I’m not a fan of and an orange-focused color palette so…. One spontaneous “fun desserts from around the world” search later I got inspired by tres leches! A tres leches cake is a sponge cake soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk and whole milk (thus the name three milk cake). A 19th century invention in Nicaragua it remains a super popular dessert to this day. I was inspired by Trencilla dresses which are worn for all sorts of marimba dances.

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[postcard-from-the-past]

Ancient dance ritual in Luang Prabang, Laos

French vintage postcard