Venite alla Danza! (Dance Music through the Middle Ages)

Venite alla danza! is the project with which La Reverdie intends to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Since 1986, the ensemble has explored a wide range of vocal and instrumental repertoires from the 13th to the 15th century but has never attempted a program entirely dedicated to dance. It’s time to do it! The project is entirely dedicated to the different forms of medieval dances, in which the role of voice and instruments is paradoxically interchangeable. The theme of dance allows us to cross the Middle Ages far and wide, entering monasteries, the world of popular devotion, the courts and public entertainments. Dances celebrated the joy of life and were present in the various manifestations of daily life, always as a form of social sharing. The repertoire is extremely varied: from the 13th to the 15thcentury dances to Italian laude and pilgrimage dances, from Italian ballate to French ballade, virelai and rondeaux, together with French and Italian instrumental dances that brings the listener until the middle of 15th century. A program that dispels the idea that dance music was only instrumental music!