A Room in Europe
The Courtly Arts Performers of Victoria bring you A Room in Europe: chamber Music and Dance from the Baroque Age. In the stately homes of Europe, friends would gather to present and enjoy musical offerings in a relaxed and intimate…
The European Courtier – last performance on Sunday!
Please gather your friends and come along for a trip through the Royal Courts of Renaissance Europe, guided by our narrator Rod Laird, as he echoes the writings of the original European Courtier Baldassare Castiglione. Our dancers and musicians, all…
The European Courtier – 1st performance next Saturday!
We’re ready! One full rehearsal to go, then it will just be a question of packing our costumes and instruments, and off we go to Trinity, Brighton! To our faithful Brighton audience – please note that the concert is on…
The European Courtier – it’s nearly here!
We have been fascinated to learn about Baldassare Castiglione, the courtier on whom our programme 'The European Courtier' is based, and hope to manifest some of the attributes he recommends in a courtier: "To dance well without over nimble footings…
The European Courtier – and more!
For there is none of you so mean and base, that hath not noble luster in your eyes.I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game’s afoot. William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene…
The European Courtier
The Virtues of DanceIn every dance, of a most ancient custom, there danceth together a man and a woman, holding each other by the hand or the arm, which betokeneth concord. Now it behoveth the dancers and also the beholders…
Brand new year of 2019
Happy new year to you! We hope you enjoyed all the marvellous food and drink over the Christmas and New Year period, as well as had amazing catch-up time with family and friends. Our first year after Helga and Mark's…
Merry Christmas to all!
We wish you and all your loved ones a Merry Christmas. Thank you for your generous support of the Courtly Arts Performers. It is because of your support and loyalty to the early arts that we work so hard to…
Christmastide at Ballarat
Christmastide arrived at Ballarat and what a celebration it was! What a privilege and joy to perform in the beautiful setting of the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Thank you to those who came out to watch us. The twelve days…
Christmastide at Kew!
Thank you to our amazing audience at the Methodist Ladies College in Kew yesterday. We appreciate you coming to watch us on a lovely sunny Sunday. We especially loved your response at the narration about Cromwell and the return of…