Metamorphoses - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Classes with Niels Badenhop

Morning class

Through a choreography set to an aria/chaconne from Johann Joseph Fux’s serenata "Dafne in Lauro", beginners will learn the basics of the Baroque dance style.
Those with some experience who would also like to bring to life the transformation of the nymph Daphne into a laurel tree are also welcome to join this course!

Afternoon class

In Niels’ afternoon class, dancers of all levels – from beginners to advanced – will perform choreographies based on the Four Seasons from Henry Purcell’s "The Fairy Queen", tailored to their respective abilities.

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Niels Badenhop studied theatre and music at the Freie Universität Berlin, voice with Andreas Wernicke and Giovanni Anaya and classical dance with Vladimir Gelvan. He specialised early on in the pre-1800 repertoire through masterclasses with, amongst others, Emma Kirkby, Stephen Stubbs, Sigrid T’Hooft, David Zurbuchen, Jürgen Schrape, Ana Yepes and Lieven Beart. He lives as a freelance artist in Berlin, gives concerts, designs costumes, performs as a dancer at numerous events and gives masterclasses. He teaches historical dance at the universities of Bremen, Linz and Frankfurt, as well as gesture in Leipzig.

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