Past Projects
2021 - 2022
4-9 APR 2022
LES INDES GALANTES (part II)
Hertfordshire, UK
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A week residential course leading to a fully-staged performance of Rameau's Les Indes Galantes (entrees 3 & 4)
Ricardo Barros joins the faculty with stage direction, Baroque gestures, music coaching.
Costumes and props from Mercurius collection.
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21-26 FEB 2022
BAROQUE DANCE COURSE
Association Les Fetes d'Hebe, Paris, France
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Ricardo Barros returns for another week of intensive course for Les Fetes d'Hebes. Intermediate & Advanced Baroque Dance classes.
For full programme and enrolment please visit:
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www.fetesdhebe.org/stages.html
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24-30 JAN 2022
Baroque Dance Project
Utrecht Conservatorium, The Netherlands
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A collaborations between Mercurius and the Historical Performance Department at Utrecht Conservatorium under the musical direction of Antoinette Lohmannn, with concerts in Utrecht and Den Haag.
Co-direction, Ricardo Barros.
Watch at https://vimeo.com/664299551 (Vimeo account required)
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30 AUG 2021
TERPSICHORE
Suffolk Villages Festival, UK
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A collaboration between Suffolk Villages Baroque Orchestra (dir. Peter Holman) and Mercurius Company. Original 18th-C choreographies and newly composed dances by Ricardo Barros in an evening of theatre magic.
Gods, semi-gods, Turcs and Spaniards in some of the most representatives choreographies of the Grand Siecle.
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Music by Handel, Rebel, Lully, Destouches and Campra.
Choreographies by Pecour, Feuillet and Barros.
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http://www.suffolkvillagesfestival.com/concert-diary/the-festival/
20-24 JUL 2021
Baroque Dance Course - Accademia Amsterdam Summer Course
Perugia, Italy
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Join Ricardo Barros for an intensive week working on original choreographies published in 1720 & 1721: La Poitevine, La Modene, The Prim Rose, Prince of Wales Rigodon. There will also be a newly choreographed 'Chaconne des Muses' for a large group.
More info and booking: www.accademia-amsterdam.nl/en/courses.
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27-28 FEB 2021
WORKING WITH SOURCES: BEAUCHAMPS-FEUILLET NOTATION WORKSHOP
Online event
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Online weekend workshop on French sources of Beauchamps-Feuillet notation, promoted by The HDS-Historical Dance Society and taught by Ricardo Barros.
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DEC 2020 - MAR 2021
THE DUNEDIN CONSORT GUIDE TO OPERA
Online project
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An educational project developed by Dunedin Consort aimed at primary school children, with guest Ricardo Barros on episode 5.
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The Dunedin Consort Guide to Opera • Episode 5 – Dunedin Consort (dunedin-consort.org.uk)
NOV 2020 - MAR 2021
SONGS OF ISOLATION - ONE TREE HILL SINFONIA
Online Project
Ricardo Barros joins OTH Sinfonia as a guest harpsichordist in a Lottery funded project featuring works by Handel.
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Songs of Isolation – One Tree Hill Sinfonia (othsinfonia.org)
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