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
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01
Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Alceste, LWV 50, Prologue: Rondeau pour la Gloire
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.- Aparté AP164D.
- 1.
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Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (1762), read by Dominic Mafham
00:03Sergey 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
00:07Padre Antonio Soler
Fandango arr. for ensemble
Performer: L’Arpeggiata.- Virgin Classics 535.
- 19.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Spanish Dancer, read by Dominic Mafham
00:12Irving Berlin
Cheek to Cheek
Performer: Fred Astaire, Leo Reisman Orchestra.- Verve 523 006-2.
- 17.
Zadie Smith
Swing Time, read by Sakuntala Ramanee
00:17James 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
00:21Astor 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
00:26Julio 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
00:30Mississippi Joe Callicott
Traveling Mama Blues
Performer: Mississippi Joe Callicott.- Rough Guides RGNET1353CD.
- 19.
00:33Thomas 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
00:35Joseph Haydn
Tullochgorum, Hob. XXXIa:270 - Puirt à beul - Tullochgorms 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
00:39Benjamin 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
00:42Nigel 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
00:46Ludwig van Beethoven
11 Dances "Modlinger Tanze", no.10 in D major;
Performer: London Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Karl Haas.- EMI CDM7 64135 2.
- 11.
00:47Anoushka 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
00:53Carlos Soto de la Colina
Toro Mata
Performer: Conjunto Perú Negro.- IEMPSA 00001355-2.
- 3.
00:56Carlos 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
01:01Claudio Monteverdi
Lasciate i monti' from LOrfeo, 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
01:03D. 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
01:08Leo Brouwer
Nuevos estudios sencillos: no.7; Omaggio a Piazzolla
Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.- Naxos 8.570251.
- 14.
01:10Erik 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
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Aug 2021 17:30鶹Լ Radio 3
- Sun 27 Nov 2022 17:30鶹Լ Radio 3