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Academy of Ancient Music
Le Roi Soleil: the King dances
AAM: The Golden Anniversary
featuring Mary Collins & Steven Player (dancers), Laurence Cummings (director & harpsichord)
Versailles, 1700: where all arts revolved in brilliantly choreographed splendour around the monarch they called The Sun King. Historical dance experts Mary Collins and Steve Player join Academy of Ancient Music to pay homage to Louis XIV of France, a king for whom music and political power were all part of the same resplendent dance.
So expect to hear from the greatest composers of the age – the exotic spectacles of Lully and Campra, the stately elegance of Rebel and Delalande, and the eloquent poetry and courtly wit of Marais and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. And watch it spring to life, too, as the specialists use all their expertise and artistry to recreate the art of dance at the glittering pinnacle of the French baroque.
A free pre-concert talk will take place in the auditorium at 6.30pm.
- 🎉Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- 📅Thu 18 April 2024
- 📍Milton Court, London
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫From £15 (£5 under-35s)
Location
Milton Court, London
Md Construction, London, EC2Y 9, United Kingdom
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