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The Dance

Writers including Zadie Smith, Hilaire Belloc, Clive James and Hanif Abdurraqib depict the feeling of dancing, with works by Piazzolla, Monteverdi, and Indian music and Soul.

Writers including Zadie Smith, Hilaire Belloc, William Shakespeare, Alonso Cueto, Clive James, Rainer Maria Rilke, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen, Christopher Marlowe and Hanif Abdurraqib, depict the feeling and joy of dancing, but also explore dance as a carrier of social and cultural values across times and civilizations. Music comes from, among others, Piazzolla, Monteverdi, Prokofiev, Satie as well as Indian Classical music, Peruvian folk dances, flamenco guitar, and also tap dance and Soul music.
Readers are Dominic Mafham and Sakuntala Ramanee.

Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

Readings

A Treatise in the Art of Dancing (1762), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
Dancer, by Colum McCann
Spanish dancer, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Swing Time, by Zadie Smith
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance, by Hanif Abdurraqib
Yo Soy Maria, from Maria de Buenos Aires, lyrics by Horacio Ferrer
First tango, by Clive James tango
Song for a Banjo Dance, by Langston Hughes
A Treatise in the Art of Dancing (1762), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
Much Ado About Nothing (Act 2, Sc 1), by William Shakespeare
London 1945, by Maureen Waller
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
Bharatanatyam, by Tahera Mannan
The Blue Hour, by Alonso Cueto
The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, by Christopher Marlowe
A Treatise in the Art of Dancing (1762), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
Tarantella, by Hilaire Belloc
The Mock Turtle’s Song, by Lewis Carroll

1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Nov 2022 17:30

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Alceste, LWV 50, Prologue: Rondeau pour la Gloire

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Aparté AP164D.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni-Andrea Gallini

    A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (1762), read by Dominic Mafham

  • 00:03

    Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Five Couples, from Romeo and Juliet

    Performer: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor).
    • Melodiya MELCD1000908.
    • 24.
  • Colum McCann

    Dancer, read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:07

    Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango arr. for ensemble

    Performer: L’Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics 535.
    • 19.
  • Rainer Maria Rilke

    Spanish Dancer, read by Dominic Mafham

  • 00:12

    Irving Berlin

    Cheek to Cheek

    Performer: Fred Astaire, Leo Reisman Orchestra.
    • Verve 523 006-2.
    • 17.
  • Zadie Smith

    Swing Time, read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:17

    James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    Performer: James Brown.
    • Polygram TV 535805-2.
    • 1.
  • Hanif Abdurraqib

    A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance, read by Dominic Mafham

  • Horacio Ferrer

    Yo Soy Maria (lyrics from Maria de Buenos Aires), read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:21

    Astor Piazzolla

    Yo soy Maria, from ‘tangopera’ Maria de Buenos Aires

    Singer: Julia Zenko. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Musica.
    • Teldec 3984 20632-2.
    • 4.
  • Clive James

    First tango, read by Dominic Mafham

  • 00:26

    Julio De Caro

    Five Tangos in the style of and arranged by Osvaldo Pugliese: V. La Rayuela

    Performer: Martin Klett. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha.
    • CAvi-music 8553939D.
    • 11.
  • Langston Hughes

    Song for a Banjo Dance, read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:30

    Mississippi Joe Callicott

    Traveling Mama Blues

    Performer: Mississippi Joe Callicott.
    • Rough Guides RGNET1353CD.
    • 19.
  • 00:33

    Thomas Erskine

    Lord Kelly's Reel

    Performer: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Linn CKD240.
    • 17.
  • Giovanni-Andrea Gallini

    A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (1762), read by Dominic Mafham

  • 00:35

    Joseph Haydn

    Tullochgorum, Hob. XXXIa:270 - Puirt à beul - Tullochgorm’s Reel

    Performer: The Poker Club Band, James Graham.
    • BIS BIS-2471.
    • 16.
  • William Shakespeare

    Much Ado About Nothing (Act 2, Sc 1), read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:39

    Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI 5 55394 2.
    • 1.
  • Maureen Waller

    London 1945, ready by Dominic Mafham

  • 00:42

    Nigel Kennedy

    Lullaby for Kamila

    Composer: Jerzy Bawoł. Composer: Tomasz Kukurba. Composer: Tomasz Lato. Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Ensemble: Kroke.
    • Warner Classics 5099963151459.
    • 20.
  • Jane Austen

    Sense and Sensibility, ready by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:46

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    11 Dances "Modlinger Tanze", no.10 in D major;

    Performer: London Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Karl Haas.
    • EMI CDM7 64135 2.
    • 11.
  • 00:47

    Anoushka Shankar

    Solea

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Anoushka Shankar.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC901734.
    • 5.
  • Tahera Mannan

    Bharatnatyam, read by Dominic Mafham

  • Alonso Cueto

    The Blue Hour, ready by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 00:53

    Carlos Soto de la Colina

    Toro Mata

    Performer: Conjunto Perú Negro.
    • IEMPSA 00001355-2.
    • 3.
  • 00:56

    Carlos Soto de la Colina

    Toro Mata

    Performer: Susana Baca, ensemble.
    • Luaka Bop 72438-11946-2-1.
    • 7.
  • Christopher Marlowe

    The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, ready by Dominic Mafham

  • 01:01

    Claudio Monteverdi

    ‘Lasciate i monti' from L’Orfeo, Act I

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv 4192502.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni-Andrea Gallini

    A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (1762), read by Sakuntala Ramanee

  • 01:03

    D. Durante, M. Durante, G. Bianco, E. Licci, M. Morabito, G. Paglialunga

    Ziccate

    Performer: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino.
    • Ponderosa cd 128.
    • 9.
  • Hilaire Belloc

    Tarantella, read by Dominic Mafham

  • 01:08

    Leo Brouwer

    Nuevos estudios sencillos: no.7; Omaggio a Piazzolla

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Naxos 8.570251.
    • 14.
  • 01:10

    Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopedies for piano: No.1 in D major

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Virgin Classics VC790754-2.
    • 5.
  • Lewis Carroll

    The Mock Turtle's Song, ready by Sakuntala Ramanee

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