CONCERTS 2011
JUNE 2011
LONDON, Sat 11th, 7.30pm
Fantastic Spirit
Spirituoso (core group of Mercurius Company) debuts as Associate Ensemble at St George\´s Church Bloomsbury. In the programme, virtosic early 18th-century music including Bach, Leclair, Rameau, Corelli, Philidor, Handel and Forqueray.
Venue: St George\´s Bloomsbury Church
Address: Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2HR
Phone 020 7242 1979
Nearest tubes: Tottenham Court Road and Holborn
Tickets: £12 (£9 concessions)
SÃO PAULO (Brazil), Sat 25th, 8.30pm
Fantastic Spirit
Trio Spirituoso is the featured guest ensemble at the II International Historical Performance Symposium at Tatui Conservatorium (SP, Brazil). In the programme, virtosic early 18th-century music including Bach, Leclair, Rameau, Corelli, Philidor, Handel and Forqueray.
AUGUST 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Wed 3rd, 8pm
Les Caracteres de la Danse
Ricardo Barros is guest choreographer and dancer in concert with The Parley of Instruments under Peter Holman. In the programme, Lully/L\'Abbé\'s Chaconne d\'Amadis, Campra/Pécour\'s Sarabande de Tancrede and Rebel/Barros\'s Les Caracteres de la Danse.
Venue: Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Tickets: £22, £17
SEPTEMBER 2011
SÃO PAULO (Brazil), tour
Les Arts Réunis
Mercurius Company dancers are special guests in a staged production of a Lullian divertissement, conceived and directed by Ricardo Barros. Instrumentalists from the \'Conjunto de Música Antiga da ECA-USP\' (Brazil), guest singers and actors in a period production.
Provisional dates, venues and times:
~Jundiai, Theatro Polytheama, Sat 10th Sept.
~Tatui, Teatro Procópio Ferreira, Tue 14th Sept.
~São Paulo, venue tbc, Fri 16th & Sat 17th Sept.
OCTOBER 2011
PORTO ALEGRE (Brazil), Sat 1st, 6.30pm
L\'Entretien des Muses
Ricardo Barros is guest dancer and director in concert with the Grupo de Performance Histórica at the UFRGS.
COURSES
JUNE 2011
SÃO PAULO (Brazil), Wed 22nd-Sun 26th
II International Historical Performance Symposium, Tatui Conservatoire (SP, Brazil)
Ricardo Barros (harpsichord) and Lisete da Silva (recorder/flute) are guest teachers in the biannual event in one of Brazil\'s largest conservatoires.
WORKSHOPS
JULY 2011
LONDON, Tues 19th, 6.30pm-9.30pm
Introductory Workshop on Baroque Dances – The Minuet and the Passepied
A workshop open to dancers, musicians, actors and anyone interested! A look into French and English primary sources on the Minuet, finishing with a group English Country Dance.
Fees: £27 (£16 concessions)
OCTOBER 2011
HOCKENHEIM (Germany), Fri 7th – Sun 9th
Ricardo Barros leads a Baroque Dance workshop with I Danzatori Palatini
EVENT
TBA
CONFERENCES
MAY 2011
OXFORD, Sat 7th, 9.30am (all day event)
The 13th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium – New College, Oxford
Dance and the Novel in the long 18th century
Ricardo Barros demonstrates the Courante and Ballroom Minuet with Jennifer Thorp, to illustrate papers by Jed Wentz and Jennifer Thorp respectivelly.
Venues: New College Oxford and Holywell Music Room, Oxford
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011
SÃO PAULO (Brazil), Wed 31st August to Fri 2nd September (all day event)
III Encontro de Pesquisadores de Poetica Musical (III Symposium on Poetics in Music)
Ricardo Barros presents a paper on Oratory and Music production under Lully in the Grand Siècle.
Venus: ECA-Escola de Comunicação e Artes, USP-Universidade de São Paulo
OCTOBER 2011
PORTO ALEGRE (Brazil), Sat 1st, 9am (all day event)
Colóquios de Música Antiga na UFRGS
Ricardo Barros presents a paper on Oratory and Music production under Lully in the Grand Siècle.
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