Dancer, choreographer and dance lecturer. Since her childhood she has been engaged in contemporary dance, since 2000 she has been intensively involved in historical dance. Studied by Barbara Sparti, Lieven Baert, Béatrice Massin and others. She´s is a member and choreographer of the Chorea Historica ensemble. In 2007, she has founded a Czech branch of La Società di Danza, Italian school of 19th century dance. On a long-term basis, she cooperates with the Czech Jane Austen Society. She´s organizing and leading early dance workshops for children, youth and adults in Czechia and abroad. She is a lecturer in the educational programmes of the Czech Philharmonic. In the past, she has been involved in research and project management in the cultural organization NIPOS and methodological work in the National Pedagogical Institute. Currently she is the Head of the Regional and Minority Culture Department of the Ministry of Culture.

Further information about Kateřina Klementová can be found at:

http://www.choreahistorica.cz

About The Class

We will focus on the English dance repertoire of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. We will work through basic dance choreographies in the form of longways as well as the more complex dance forms as quadrilles. We will focus our attention on dance technique, spatial orientation, and the interaction and cooperation of dancers in pairs and groups. Dance practice will be paired with the social and ballroom etiquette. Even more advanced dancers won’t be bored in the lessons.

Recommendation for the costume:

Ladies:
Gown (cotton for day or silk for evening)
Shift / Petticoat
Long or short white gloves
Reticule (small bag for necessaries)
White stockings
Shoes (pumps)

Gentlemen:
Regency Shirt
White Stockings
Knee breeches
Cravat / necktie
Waistcoat
Cut-away coat
Shoes (pumps) not lace-up
White gloves

Level Of Skills Required

Beginners and pre-intermediate

What to wear

Soft dance shoes, comfortable workout clothes (shirt, pants/leggings – also for ladies; ladies also a wide skirt). Period costume for the final performance - if possible. But it can be also improvised: (gentlemen: short trousers, knee breeches, shirt with a stand-up collar, tie, waistcoat; ladies: long dress in Empire (classical) style). If you have something to lend to others, please bring it with you. Gentlemen may bring a headdress, ladies may bring a fan to flirt with during the dance.

Maximum number of students

24

Teaching Languages

Czech, English, Italian