Good intentions are made to be broken. Not that it would matter for my future schemes. And still. About a year ago I promised to blog again more frequently – I stopped posting new stuff regularly a couple of years earlier – and of course I didn’t manage. But I still hope I will succeed …
Back in business
It has been a fair while posting my last piece here. More than two years in fact. So much happened since. I finished my PhD. for starters and left facebook, remarkably causing more people to visit this site than ever. But above all I discovered loads of fascinating stories I began longing to tell someone, …
A Waltz from 1760?
For a while now, I’ve been busy with the birth of the waltz. It is generally accepted that the waltz came into being around 1750 somewhere in the German cultural room. I use that vague notion intentionally here. Around 1750 the current nation states didn’t exist and with the Seven Years War about to begin, …
Société des Redoutes is starting a new project!
Société des Redoutes is starting a new project ! 19th century dancing is fun in a ballroom, but performing it on stage is a different matter. Then we have to aim for the best quality in dancing and looking for the best choreographies. So I am looking for excellent dancers, amators and (semi) professionals who …