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The Life and Dances of Ignatius Sancho (c.1729 - 14.12.1780)

This video celebrates the life and dances of Ignatius Sancho. Born a slave, Sancho went on to produce several collections of ballroom dances in the 1760s and 1770s. This video includes reconstructions of some of Sancho’s dances by the Hampshire Regency Dancers and the Quadrille Club, together with arrangements of Sancho’s music by Green Ginger. The dances are discussed with: Meryl Thomson of Green…

This item is provided and maintained by C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research), COVUNI and Early Dance Circle (EDC)

Creator

  • Director: Early Dance Circle

Publisher

  • C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research), COVUNI

Subject

  • Historical dance
  • Early dance
  • early dance
  • dance education
  • Baroque
  • black composers
  • black dancing masters
  • black choreographers
  • British choreographers
  • Coventry
  • dances (performance events)
  • <arts and related disciplines>
  • dance
  • audio streaming
  • Baroque music
  • Dance
  • Coventry
  • United Kingdom

Type of item

  • dances (performance events) -  http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300389778
  • Video

Date

  • 2020
  • 2020
  • 2020

Medium

  • Youtube Video