Ensemble Leonarda - Shall We Dance?: The Evolution of the Baroque Dance Suite

Susan Graham, flute
Marika Holmqvist, violin
David Himmelheber, cello
Nancy Kito, harpsichord
Meggi Sweeney, baroque dancer

Join Ensemble Leonarda in exploring how baroque dance evolved from actual dance into the instrumental baroque dance suite. Before cable TV, one went to dances for social entertainment. Our discovery today, one can play a sarabande, but how did one DANCE the sarabande? Brief in-concert demonstration by dancer Meggi Sweeney.