Alan Jones: Spanish Minuet Improvisation
Alan Jones's evening dance class ‘Improvisation in the Spanish Minuet’ will focus on the minuet as described in the treatises of Minguet and Ferriol, including various beaten ornaments and Z figures composed of five or seven minuet steps. Most important, students will explore subtle partnering techniques in order to experience the "common" minuet not as a fixed piece of choreography but as a spontaneous dance. Accompaniment will include anonymous Spanish minuets and pieces by Lully that were current in Spain.
Alan Jones, Paris, France:
Alan Jones is an American dancer and researcher based in Paris. In addition to his work in French Baroque he has realized several productions based on Spanish sources for the New York Baroque Dance Company (El Sarao de Venus), Ex Machina (Venid, venid deidades) and the Artek ensemble (El Baile de los Reyes). He has also interpreted the repertory of Esquivel Navarro as a concert soloist in Mexico and Spain with the ensemble Euterpe, and performed jota aragonesa and escuela bolera, a style that he is particularly devoted to, with José Greco and the Boston Flamenco Ballet.
