vita nova at siena town hall Judith Bartlett, founder of La Vita Nova dance group, surrounded by the affection of her dancers.

Photo taken in the Sala del Mappamondo (Great Council Hall) in the Town Hall of Siena The dance group La Vita Nova, founded by Judith Bartlett and named after Dante’s poem of medieval courtly love, danced under the Maestà by Simone Martini while the early music choir I Madrigalisti Senesi sang period music.