Early Music Vancouver hosts Doulce Mémoire: Now, Let Us Dance! on April 12
French choreographer Hubert Hazebroucq performs 15th- and 16th-century dances to the sound of a live wind band
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Hubert Hazebroucq (left) with Doulce Mémoire.
Early Music Vancouver presents Doulce Mémoire: Now, Let Us Dance!, a celebration of the art of dance in the 15th and 16th centuries, at the Vancouver Playhouse on April 12 at 7:30 pm.
People often imagine early dances being highly stylized, formal, and solemn. But this concert and dance performance featuring French choreographer Hubert Hazebroucq will show audiences the true nature of the form in the 15th and 16th centuries. Omnipresent at court festivities, early dances were elegant, refined, and aristocratic, becoming virtuosic, theatrical, and allegorical when performed in the interludes of princely celebrations.
Hazebroucq’s movement will be accompanied by the wind band of Doulce Mémoire, directed by Denis Raisin Dadre. The French ensemble’s musicians can switch with ease from hauts (“loud”) instruments, such as shawms and oboes, to bas (“soft”) instruments among the likes of flutes and bassoons.
For tickets to the show and more information, visit Early Music Vancouver.
Post sponsored by Early Music Vancouver.
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