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RESCHEDULED for Sat. March 2. Lecture and film: Le Roi Danse
RESCHEDULED: This Saturday, March 2.The King Is Dancing (Le Roi Danse)
Saturday, March 2, at 7 pmRoom 406, Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave.Admission free to EMSNS members; others by donation at the doorSpeaker: Susan Barratt –Â dancer, dance instructor (Acadia University) and EMS member
2000 production. Director: Gérard CorbiauRunning time: 115 minutes
The King Is Dancing is a lush costume drama about Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687), the Italian-born naturalized French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Based on Philippe Beaussant’s biography of Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (1992), the film presents the libertine Lully as a natural ally of the young Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with political and religious factions at the French court.