Sarah Cremer, Baroque dance specialist and guest of The Covent Garden Minuet Company, performs the Minuet at a masquerade ball. The company is a London based dance group performing the social dances of the 18th century, in particular the minuet, in full authentic costume. They aim to recapture the spirit and atmosphere of the grand events that took place in the Georgian Assembly Rooms.
While we’re talking about dances, let’s look at the closing chaconne from Rameau’s opera Les Indes Galantes:
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