Recent and Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

"Music and Dance of the Renaissance"
Performance with Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
February 18, 2012; 8:00 pm
Gretna Music at Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA

"Mary's Fancy Ball" 
[Workshops in early 19th-century dance]

For the New York Public Library, Mary Shelley exhibit,
"Shelley's Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet Exhibition"
February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm,  St. Agnes Library
March 10, 2012, 2:00 pm,  Webster Library
March 29, 2012, 6:00 pm,  Webster Library
April 28, 2012, 2:00 pm, Richmondtown Library

Historical Dance Program
July 7-15, 2012
at the
Amherst Early Music Festival
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson
Preliminary information


Recent Events

So You Think You Can Dance? 
Interactive program for families at The Family Benefit, 
"Gods & Goddesses, An Evening of Myth and Mystery"

February 6, 2012  

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC


"Folias & Diferencias:
Music & Dance from Spain's Golden Age"

Three performances, with Musicians at the Spanish Gate
January 18, 2012; 6:30 pm: Queens Library, Flushing NY
January 19, 2012; 7:30 pm: St. Mark's, Islip NY
January 22, 2012; 2:00 pm: Rockville Centre Library, Rockville Centre NY

A Renaissance & Baroque Dance Workshop
January 17, 2012
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

Historical Dance Classes
January 13-16, 2012
at the
Amherst Early Music Winter Weekend Workshop
Philadelphia, PA

Renaissance and Baroque Dance Workshop in NYC
January 8, 2012; 4:00-6:00 p.m. 
(with Kaspar D. Mainz, from Germany!)

at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Workshops in NYC
October 9, 2011; 4:00-6:00 p.m. & November 13, 2011; 4:00-6:00 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
New York, NY 10025

"Spanish Music and Dance"
A Performance with Early Music New York
September 24, 2011, 12:30 pm
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City):
ˇFiesta! Celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Cultures.
This event is a project of the Early Music Foundation. 

Two Performances with the Venere Lute Quartet
Dancing to the Poetry of Music
July 29, 2011 (Cinema Arts Centre)
July 30, 2011 (St. Mark's)

Renaissance and Baroque Dance Workshop in NYC
July 24, 2011; 12:00-2:00 p.m. (with Kaspar D. Mainz!)
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
New York, NY 10025

Historical Dance Classes
July 9-17, 2011
at the
Amherst Early Music Festival
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson

Performing Bach in Baroque Style
June 26-July 2, 2011 
Queens College, City University of New York
Director: Raymond Erickson

Dance faculty: Dorothy Olsson

Institute for 17th-Century Music at Queens College: 
Baroque Opera Workshop

June 19 - 25, 2011 
Queens College, City University of New York
Directors: David Ronis, Christa Patton

Dance faculty: Dorothy Olsson

Two Baroque Dance Workshops in NYC
May 1, 2011; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.;
May 15, 2011; 12:30-2:30 p.m.

at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Workshop
April 17, 2011; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Historical Dance Classes
January 14-17, 2011
Philadelphia, PA
at the
Amherst Early Music
Winter Weekend Workshop
Dance Faculty: Dorothy Olsson, Peggy Murray

Piffaro: The Royal's Baptism & Ballet
25th Anniversary Concert
NYHDC with Piffaro, Parthenia, and Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
October 23-24, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
"Any concert that features their work [the New York Historical Dance Company] 
must be considered a don't miss event." 
The Broad Street Review, Philadelphia

Two Baroque Dance Workshops
October 3, 2010; 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. &
October 17, 2010; 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Lazzi at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dorothy Olsson and Mark Mindek 
performed their commedia dell'arte piece, "Lazzi d'Amore"  
July 25, 2010

Early Music Week
Country Dance & Song Society, 
Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA
Dorothy Olsson taught Renaissance dance
August 14-21, 2010

Historical Dance Workshop
Amherst Early Music Festival
July 10-18, 2010
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson

Baroque Dance Workshop
taught by Kaspar D. Mainz (from Germany),
and Dorothy Olsson
June 27, 2010; 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Workshop
taught by Dorothy Olsson
June 6, 2010; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Workshop
taught by Dorothy Olsson
May 16, 2010; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Workshop
taught by Dorothy Olsson
April 25, 2010; 1:30-3:30 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

"The Jigge Is Up: Dance in Shakespeare's Time"
Lecture-Demonstration
with Flying Forms, an instrumental ensemble
March 13, 2010, 10:00 am
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
This event was part of the series "Early Music Exposed,"
organized by New York Early Music Central (NYEMC),
a project of the Early Music Foundation. 
New York Times: "lively and kaleidoscopic"


Baroque Dance Workshop
taught by Kaspar D. Mainz and Dorothy Olsson
March 7, 2010; 2:30-4:30 p.m.
at The Bridge for Dance
2726 Broadway, Third Floor
(between 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10025

Baroque Dance Classes
January 15-18, 2010
Philadelphia, PA
at the
Amherst Early Music
Winter Weekend Workshop
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson

Renaissance Dance Program
With the Bacheler Consort
For the Chinese Delegation
Electrical Industry Center
January 4, 2010
Flushing, NY

A Historical Costume Ball
A Celebration of Hingham's 375th Birthday
Dances of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Old Ship Parish Hall
November 14, 2009
Hingham, MA

Flying Forms
Performance of "Lazzi d'Amore, or
The Dalliances of Harlequino  and Columbina"
with Flying Forms
September 12, 2009
Symphony Space, New York NY

Historical Dance Workshop
Amherst Early Music Festival
July 11-19, 2009
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson
Peggy Murray, Dance Assistant

Renaissance Dance Classes
Dance Faculty: Dorothy Olsson
Early Music Week at Pinewoods
August 15 - 22, 2009
at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA

Historical Dance Workshop
Amherst Early Music Festival
July 11-19, 2009
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Dance Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson

Historical Dance Workshop
Amherst Early Music
Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
Friday, May 22 to Monday, May 25, 2009
at Circle Lodge, Hopewell Junction, NY
Dance Faculty: Dorothy Olsson