Useful Websites: | ||
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Historical Dance Society | embraces social dancing of the courts and ballrooms of Europe, and choreographies
from theatre and court entertainments. The periods covered range from the fifteenth
century to the nineteenth. Historical Dance Journal; dance instruction booklets and accompanying recorded music; annual Summer School; biennial conference; etc. | |
Bedford Early Dance and Music | organises historical dance workshops and social events in and around Bedford | |
SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage | Part of the Society for Creative Anachronism covering Dance during the Renaissance | |
Thames Valley Early Music Forum | aims to co-ordinate the Early Music activities of its members and to encourage the playing and singing of early music and kindred activities by putting on workshops (approximately once a month) and by publishing a newsletter, Tamesis with articles and lists of early music workshops and local concerts | |
Early Dance Circle | formed as an umbrella organisation to promote the enjoyment, performance and study of Early Dance in the UK. | |
Renaissance Dance | SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage | |
Regency Dance | Garth Notley’s Regency Dance website. Dance instructions with animations of figures and videos of steps | |
Dance Sources: | ||
Brussels Manuscript | Facsimile of the Brussels Manuscript at the Library of Congress website. Includes La danse de Cleves | |
De la arte di ballare et danzare | Facsimile of Domenico da Piacenza's 'De la arte di ballare et danzare'. At the Biblioteque Nationale website. | |
Arte di danzare | Facsimile of the Giovanni Ambrogio da Pesaro's ‘Arte di danzare’ at the Biblioteque Nationale website. Includes Amoroso and Petit Riens] | |
Orcheographie | Facsimile of Arbeau's ‘Orcheographie' at the Library of Congress website. | |
Nobilita di dame | Facsimile of Caroso's ’Nobilita di dame’ at the Library of Congress website. | |
Le gratie d’amore | Facsimile of Negri's ‘Le gratie d’amore’ at the Library of Congress website. | |
The Dancing Master | Facsimile of Playford ‘The Dancing Master' at Robert Keller’s website. | |
Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide | 'An exhaustive collection, catalogue, and index of all dances published in editions of the Dancing Master, 1651-1728# by Scott Pfitzinger. |