Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Ballroom dance styles, music for the ballet, and folk dance: All have their role in bringing danceable energies into the classical concert hall. Johann Strauss Jr.’s waltzes stand on their own, even outside the ballroom. Orchestral ballet suites need no choreography: listeners can focus on the music. As for folk dance, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances were his point of entry into the world of classical music. Let’s consider how fine music can sound like dancing even without dancers!