Paige Whitley-Bauguess is joined by Baroque Dancer Thomas Baird and musicians of the Baroque Arts Project on period instruments for this enchanting and informative presentation including step sequences from Raoul-Auger Feuillet’s 1700 publication Chorégraphie and from  choreographies preserved in 18th-century dance notation, descriptions of the dances found in music and dance writings from the period, discussions and examples showing music and dance rhythm relationships, performances in costume of complete social and theatrical dances reconstructed from notation to illustrate each dance type, and social dances performed in Tryon Palace, an 18th-century governor’s palace in New Bern, NC.

Volume Two:

•Gigue – Gigue pour une femme
•Loure – Aimable Vainqueur and Entrée pour une femme [loure]
•Entrée Grave – Entrée d’Apolon
•Passacaille & Chaconne – Passacaille pour une femme
•Les Caractères de la Dance – Choreography by Paige Whitley-Bauguess & Thomas Baird