
Les Grandes Heures de Sceaux
Banquet spectacle à l’Orangerie avec la compagnie Danses au (Pas)sé
Samedi 1er avril 2023 à partir de 19h30
« Une Duchesse en son domaine
Sceaux, séjour des Jeux, des Ris & des Plaisirs de bouche«
Les convives prennent place tandis qu’on s’affaire en cuisine. Venu avec sa nourriture de 2023, on entend parler de recettes qu’aurait appréciées Louis XV. La viole de gambe permet de patienter et l’on admire les tenues des plus audacieux d’entre les spectateurs. Soudain parait la Duchesse du Maine ! C’est la maîtresse des lieux. Mieux : son âme, son souffle, l’inspiratrice de tout ce qui s’imagine et se joue sur le Domaine. Grâce à elle et grâce à son fils, le Prince de Dombes, on va pouvoir admirer les gavottes des danseurs et leur fameux « Ballet des Sens », écouter les airs de flûte ou les dernières nouvelles de Sceaux ou de Paris. Et peut-être danser soi-même, au bout du dîner et du rêve !… Mais qui est cet étrange « cuisinier gascon » dont le livre de recettes éblouit la Cour ? Quand on en parle devant le Prince, il sourit mystérieusement…
Avec les artistes de la compagnie Danses au (Pas)sé
Irène Feste – chorégraphe, danseuse
Guillaume Jablonka – danseur
Pascal Ruiz – comédien, metteur en scène
Carmen Brown – comédienne
Anne-Laure Guerrin – flûtes à bec
Marie Guillaumy – viole de gambe
Informations et réservations : Les Grandes Heures de Sceaux – Domaine départemental de SCEAUX (hauts-de-seine.fr)
Les costumes sont bienvenus !


Arsenal de Metz
« Le Ludus Pastoralis », jeudi 30 mars 2023, à 20h30, dans la salle de l’Esplanade
ensemble instrumental et vocal Le Concert Lorrain
chorégraphe Guillaume Jablonka
direction artistique, clavecin Anne-Catherine Bucher
danse Irène Feste
accompagné des étudiants-danseurs du Conservatoire à rayonnement régional Gabriel Pierné Eurométropole de Metz
Le Ludus Pastoralis – agenda – Cité musicale-Metz (citemusicale-metz.fr)
Midis baroques
Mardi 28 mars 2023, à 12h30, à la Philharmonie du Luxembourg
Anne-Catherine Bucher clavecin, parole (F)
Guillaume Jablonka, Irène Feste danse baroque
Le Printemps de la sculpture
« Pygmalion » (extrait), musique ancienne et danse baroque
avec Laure Vovard, clavecin et Irène Feste, danse baroque, accompagnées par des élèves du département de musique ancienne
Samedi 25 mars 2023 à 10h30 dans la cour de la Maison de la Musique et de la Danse de Fontenay-aux-Roses
Les Illustres Terpsichores
Stage à Creil
Discovering Depreaux Workshop
Discover Despréaux and be one of the first students to participate in this first international online workshop dedicated to his work.
This groundbreaking online workshop offered on Fridays from February 17 to March 24 consists of six 75 minute classes and includes a lecture on the life of Jean-Étienne Despréaux, a theory class and classes on the notation system he invented which is no longer in use, early 19th century ballet exercises, samplings of early 19th century ballet repertoire and a presentation of quadrilles from his unpublished manuscript. We are so fortunate to have Alan Jones share his deep research on the early 19th century ballet style and to have Irène Feste take us through her work on the court style as it evolved from the Baroque into the pre-romantic era. This transition period sheds light on what came before and what came after, but perhaps it is its own thing…
This workshop consists of lectures and practical classes. The practical classes can be taken as a regular dance class or simply observed. All classes will be recorded and available for study a day or two after the class so students can study at their own pace and review. Also, because of the time zone, students will be able to attend these online events in real time or at their convenience.
Class 1: Introduction to the life of Jean-Étienne Despréaux (1748-1820). This power point lecture by Irène Feste with additional commentary by Alan Jones, contains rare images from the period, sheds light on this artist who was a French dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright. The lecture includes an introduction to his repertoire and his unpublished manuscript and places his work within a cultural context.
Class 2: Dance Theory Lecture and Discussion. Alan Jones and Irène Feste present Despréaux’s ballet theory and practice revealing changes in ballet from the end of the 18th century into the beginning of the 19th century.
Classes 3, 4 and 5: Walking, Positions, Ballet Exercises and Notation. This practical dance class will draw the student into the basics of the ballet style at this time and introduce them to Despréaux ‘s innovative notation system which is quite different from the established Beauchamp-Feuillet system. Taught by Alan Jones and Irène Feste, dance phrases will be drawn from repertoire such as the Gavotte de Vestris, Forlana, Menuet de la Cour, and Les Tricotets.
Class 6: Presentation of Quadrilles. Irene Feste will talk about the evolution of the ballet steps as used in the ballroom emphasizing the origin of the dances, rhythm, measure and cadence.
The dance materials are at the BnF. Both the Terspi-Coro-Graphie and the Quadrilles are part of the Fonds Deshayes, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéra).
Dates: Fridays from February 17-March 24 from 12-1:15pm Eastern Standard Time
Cost: $130 which includes 6 classes and recordings of each class as well as supplemental materials.
This workshop is of interest to: dancers, choreographers, stage directors, ballet teachers, musicians, actors, Pre-Romantic ballet fans, Baroque ballet enthusiasts, American dance students, dance notation students and teachers and those interested in American/European cultural history of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
To Register for the workshop please contact Jennifer Meller at jenbeast@gmail.com
Discover Despréaux | The New York Baroque Dance Co. (nybaroquedance.org)