Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the style known as "grotesque"—a virtuoso style that combined French ballet techn

An engaging overview of dance from the Medieval era through the Baroque

The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators, practitioners, theorists, patrons, and entrepr

During the first two decades of the eighteenth century, two evolving dance-historical realms intersected—theory and practice. While the French produced works

Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart. George Frideric Handel se