Reviews
of How To Dance Through Time, Volume III
The Majesty of Renaissance Dance
Library Journal "Each of the tapes provides very explicit and
detailed instructions for each step and dance. Each step is shown front and back,
fast and slow, without and with music. The steps are then built into entire dances.
Finally the completed dances are shown in full with authentic period costuming
and music. These tapes will be of primary interest to instructional dance collections
and those concerned with dance and social history."
Booklist "The subtlety and elegance of the
Renaissance and Baroque periods are aptly portrayed in these newest volumes in
the HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME titles..."
Video Librarian "Once again guided by Carol
Teten, who provides enlightened historical and sociological background,
we learn that dancing was a basic, important social skill of all
nobility and upper classes...recommended for intermediate to advanced
dancers and historical collections."
Dance On Camera Journal "These instructional videos
will be invaluable to choreographers who create dances for period
films or for cotillions and charity balls. They preserve the art
form and provide the story of the cultural phenomenon, thus making
a perfect addition to dance, design, and anthropological libraries."
The Midwest Book Review "Each of these 45 minute
splendidly presented videos easily permit the viewers to achieve
competency and fluency in these period dances and are highly recommended
additions to personal, professional, dance school, public Library,
academic, and community theatre video reference collections."
Catholic Library World "Renaissance Dance focuses on the skills
needed by members of the Italian aristocracy in 'a world of social movement,
expression and behavior’.
"Baroque Dance is an insightful glimpse into the world of
the 18th century court."
Brattleboro Reformer, Keene, N.H. “The organization of the
material in each of these sets is first to go over each step of
a dance several times in different tempos, from different angles, and with full
explanations by the creator and head of the company, Carol Teten. You can watch,
then skip back and try the steps yourself as you watch a second time, and over
and over until you have it down pat.
“…she [Teten} explains the social structure of the society as it
is reflected in each dance and now and then gives us the "sub-text" of
the steps -- what the dancers are acting out either consciously
or subliminally. It is all fascinating stuff.
“Who must have all six volumes? Public libraries, music and dance departments
in all high schools and colleges, local theater groups who do "period" plays,
anyone who loves dance, anyone interested in social history, even
anyone interested in psychology. That does not leave many who would
not want copies of this set.”
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