Un grato pensiero per Madeleine Inglehearn (1932-2025), personalità eminente fra i pionieri che tanto hanno operato nell’ambito della ricerca e dell’insegnamento della danza storica, che ho avuto il piacere di conoscere quando facevo parte del Gruppo di Danza Rinascimentale di Barbara Sparti.

Claudia Celi

Nell’annuncio dato da The Historical Dance Society sono riportate le motivazioni del conferimento alla Inglehearn del Peggy Dixon Award nel 2016:

It is with great sadness we announce the death of Madeleine Inglehearn who died on Friday. This from the Early Dance Circle Website:

Madeleine has been a key figure in early dance and dance research for many years. She was a founder member of Nonsuch with Peggy Dixon and studied at Morley College under Wendy Hilton. She was part of the exciting early music developments of the 70’s, working with James Tyler and Anthony Rooley in the establishment of the Consort of Musicke, and the founding of the journal Early Music in 1973. She was on the original committee of the National Early Music Association with Nicholas Kenyon, Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Page. Madeleine was Professor of Dance History at the Guildhall School of Music and from there took her expertise to many schools abroad. Her publications include work on 15th and 16th century Burgundy and Italy, the minuet and country dance. She is currently the President of the European Association of Dance Historians.