Current & Forthcoming Projects
15 FEB 2025
Dance of the Nations - Manchester Baroque
Halle St Peter's, Manchester
A programme focusing on the portrayal of various nations and their natives, from the European countries such as France, Spain, Italy etc to further lands deemed 'exotic' in the 18th century, including Persia, Turkey and North America. Including 18th-c and newly created choreographies by Ricardo Barros. Not to be missed!
What's on — Manchester Baroque
29 SEPT 2024
Convite a Danca - Orquestra Barroca da CdM
Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal
Ricardo Barros and Catarina Costa e Silva join the Casa da Musica Baroque Orchestra under Laurence Cummings, to explore dances of French Baroque repertoire.
6-12 MAY 2024
Lundu no Faial - Aurum et Purpura
Casa Manuel Arriaga and Museu da Horta, Faial, Portugal
An immersive project exploring the Lundu in Brazil, Portugal and the Azores ISlands. Including lectures, workshops, a residency and a final concert with the community.
8-14 APR 2024
Dance as a Discourse - Rhetoric in Motion
Utrecht, Netherlands
A week-long residential project at Utrecht Conservatorium in partnership with Antoinette Lohmann, exploring rhetorical choreo-musical relations in the Franco-British dance repertoire of the Grand Siecle.
1-6 APR 2024
Benslow Opera Course - Handel's Acis & Galatea
Hitchin, UK
A week-long residential course at Benslow Music, leading to a fully staged historically informed performance of Handel's pastoral Acis & Galatea.
Stage direction & choreography by Ricardo Barros, costumes and scenery from Mercurius Company's collection.
Benslow Music Courses and Concerts - The Benslow Baroque Opera: Handel's Acis and Galatea
8-10 NOV 2023
The Greater Manchester Holiday
Stretford Public Hall
a 3-day workshop led by Ricardo Barros, with classes for beginners and intermediate/advanced Baroque dancers, focusing on Baroque dance and Country dancing. Leading to a ball on Friday 10th with live music by Mercurius.
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10 FEB 2023
Biber, The Sorrowful Mysteries - The Bach Players
Laidlaw Music Centre, University of St Andrew's, Scotland
Premiere of a new collaboration with Nicolette Moonen and The Bach Players, Biber's poignant Mystery Sonatas (written in scordatura) presented with another contrapuntal layer with the choreography by Ricardo Barros.
3-5 FEB 2023
Baroque Dance Course
Burg Rothenfels, Germany
A weekend residential course at the iconic Burg Rothenfels, home of the Historical Dance Symposium. Ricardo Barros is joined by violinist Nicolette Moonen, working on the choreo-musical relation in French and ENglish Baroque dances.
25-28 JAN 2023
Tage der Alten Musik - Hoschule fur Musik Wurzburg
Wurzburg, Germany
Workshops and performance, directed by violinist Pauline Nobes.