Catherine Turocy

Catherine Turocy co-founded The New York Baroque Dance Company in 1976, with Ann Jacoby. The NYBDC is dedicated to reconstructing Baroque dances. Catherine Turocy studied historical dance under Ohio State teacher, Shirley Wynne. She has reconstructed and choreographed “over 300 dances and 60 opera-ballets”including numerous Rameau operas, including Les Boréades. She has worked ten years at the Handel Festival in Goettingen, Germany. She has toured the world and made numerous dance videos. As director of the New York Baroque Dance Company, she presents reconstructions of 17th- and 18th-century dances, often in collaboration with Concert Royal, a musical group directed by James Richman that uses period instruments."
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The New York Baroque Dance Company produces "historically accurate" performances and also "reinterprets Baroque choreography."More than thirty opera productions have been commissioned for the NYBDC around the world. Productions include period costumes and masks. The NYBDC offers classes. The New York Public Library put on an exhibition, The New Baroque: Early Dance Re-creations and Inspirations in 1997 in honor of the NYBDC’s 20th anniversary.