Béatrice Massin is a leading specialist in

Baroque dance Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era (roughly 1600–1750), closely linked with Baroque music, theatre, and opera. English country dance The majority of surviving choreographies from the period are English country dances, such as those in ...

. Her choreographic writing confronts Baroque style with

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. She's the director of the company ''Fêtes galantes''. The daughter of

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and

Brigitte Massin Brigitte Massin (21 July 1927 – 5 December 2002) was a French musicologist and journalist. With her husband Jean Massin, she published numerous works on music. Brigitte Massin is the mother of Béatrice Massin, a specialist of Baroque dance. ...

, Béatrice Massin began her career with

. In particular, she was a performer of shows by American . She met in 1983 and joined the ''Ris and Danceries'' troupe of which she was successively interpreter, assistant, collaborator and choreographer. Then began a long process of appropriation of the baroque language. In 1993, she founded the company ''Fêtes galantes''. Since then, Béatrice Massin has deepened this approach in her creations. (''Songes'', ''Que ma joie demeure'',...''Que ma joie demeure''
/ref>). She received commissions ('' Le roi danse'', film by

Gérard Corbiau Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1988), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and '' Le roi danse'' (20 ...

) and developed an educational centre within the ''Atelier baroque''.

Choreographies

* 2012: ''Terpsichore'' (

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Haendel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well-known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

) with the ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, under the direction of

Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conducting, conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on Authentic performance, period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and ...

* 2012: ''Fantaisies'' (

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/ Lully, Courbois, Nougaro/

Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

) * 2011: recréation des chorégraphies de Francine Lancelot pour l'opéra '' Atys'' by Lully * 2011: ''La Belle Dame'' (Lully,

Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; ; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera a ...

) * 2009: ''Songes'' (Lully,

, Charpentier,

Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's ...

) * 2007: ''Un air de folies'' (

, Lambert, Guédron, Bataille, Boësset) * 2006: ''Un voyage d'hiver'' (

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

) * 2004: ''Le Loup et l'Agneau'', in ''Fables à la Fontaine'' de La Petite Fabrique * 2004: ''La Parade baroque'', on the occasion of the inauguration of the Centre national de la danse * 2002: ''Que ma joie demeure'' (

) * 1999: choreography for the feature film '' Le roi danse'' by

References

External links

Official site

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
on YouTube
''La Belle au bois dormant''
at Théâtre National de Chaillot
Mass B by Béatrice Massin
at Théâtre National de Chaillot
Béatrice Massin / Compagnie Fêtes galantes
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