Baroque dance refers to the court and theater dance of the 17th and 18th centuries: to please, dazzle, surprise and delight, dance is inseparable from the marvelous. Harmony between bra ornament and leg movements, beautiful dance does not exclude jumps as long as they are done with elegance. Grace, accuracy, lightness, folded, elevated and jumped are the driving forces.
Social par excellence, dancing was part of the gentleman's education in the same way as hunting, war or music. Baroque dance is at the origin of classical dance: certain steps, drums, turns or basque steps, etc., are already recognizable and codified. Codified, the dance was noted, which is how the court dances of this period could be reconstructed.
Jean-Christophe Paré, star dancer of the Paris National Opera, here performs a dance performed by Francine Lancelot.

Dancer, choreographer and educator. - Disciple of Beauchamps. - Member of the Académie Royale de Danse. - Debuted at the Court in 1673 in "Psyché", participated in most of Lully’s operas. - Soloist from 1680, he stopped appearing on stage around 1702. - Along with Lestang, appointed ballet composer for the Opéra in 1687, he participated in the Court masquerades and parties held by the Duchess of Maine. - He worked for the Collège de Louis le Grand de la Compagnie de Jésus, as soloist and apparently as choreographer in collaboration with his Master, Pierre Beauchamps, from 1691 at least. He succeeded his Master from 1697 to 1709.

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Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
   On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.

His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
       - He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
       - He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
       - He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
       - He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.

       - He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.

His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.

He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).

Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon