DANSOX lecture by Professor Richard Beacham ‘Hellerau: The History of a Dream’, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building 31st October 2019

DANSOX presents another fascinating lecture.  The festivals of 1912 and 1913 at the garden city of Hellerau near Dresden, Germany are often cited as marking the birth of the modern theatre. Here, music, dance, lighting, theatre architecture and stage settings were integrated to present ‘total’ works of theatrical art to an astonished international audience. The theory and practice of theatrical production was never the same again. In his presentation ‘Hellerau: The History of a Dream’, Professor Richard Beacham offers a description and assessment of the festivals, together with an account of the extraordinary subsequent history of the site and its ‘re-birth’ in recent years as a venue for artistic innovation, building upon its luminous legacy.

Date:  Thursday 31 October 5.30pm

Venue:  Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY

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The event is free and open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception.

For further information about DANSOX please contact Professor Sue Jones susan.jones@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

 

DANSOX presents John Cranko, a lecture by Dr Julia Buhrle: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, 23rd February 2017

DANSOX presents a lecture on major twentieth-century choreographer John Cranko, by Dr Julia Buhrle (Oxford).

John Cranko (1927-1973) was a South African born ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet companies who went on to lead the Stuttgart Ballet.  The creator of entertaining shorter early works such as Pineapple Poll and Lady and the Fool, he is perhaps most internationally famous for his much loved and performed “literary” ballets, which include Romeo and Juliet (1962), with music by Prokofiev; Onegin (1965), an adaptation of the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin, with music by Tchaikovsky; and the sparkling comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1969).

Date:  Thursday 23rd February 5.30pm

Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DY

There will be a drinks reception after the event. Free and open to all – booking essential at Eventbrite.

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Find information about DANSOX here or by contacting Dr Susan Jones here

 

Frederick Ashton: Steps, Stories, Style: Alastair Macaulay lecture for DANSOX, 2nd March 2016 – Maggie Watson reports

DANSOX lectures are wonderful occasions. On Wednesday, the critic Alastair Macaulay shared memories, commentary and new insights with an audience of local residents, members of the University and distinguished visitors from the dance world. He began by setting his subject within its historical and cultural context, before launching into a wide ranging discussion of ballets ranging from the classical abstraction of Symphonic Variations to the humour, romance and narrative of La Fille Mal Gardée.