Baroque Gesture

No, these first steps will not make you a master of Baroque Gesture. But they will create the conditions in which you can study and practise further.

So, whilst you are putting in the time to internalise the collected wisdom of Quintilian, Bulwer & Bonifacio, to memorise the complete works of Shakespeare and/or to translate all the ‘opera’ libretti from Anima e Corpo (1600) to Poppea (1643), to learn all of Negri’s courtly dances, and to become a rapier-master according to Capo Ferro, here are some quick and easy short-cuts, literally from the ground up.

How can academic research, continuing professional development, artistic training and international-level Early Opera performance be better integrated?

17th-century priorities guided Andrew Lawrence-King's 5-year investigation at the Australian Research Council's Centre for the History of Emotions and with IL CORAGO, the production company for historical staging. With a unique combination of academic rigour, unified focus, practitioner expertise and international scope, this program applied historical research to the development of new training methods for modern performers in some 2 dozen award-winning productions of Early Modern music-dramas and Historical Action worldwide.

The posted paper includes open access links to documentary films, videos and further articles.