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Early Dance Groups in the UK
Historical Dance Sites Outside UK
The Calendar of Historical Dance
Historical Dance Resources
Other Sites of Interest
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Early Dance Groups in the UK
National
DHDS - The Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
Web: www.dhds.org.uk
The Early Dance Circle
Web: www.earlydancecircle.co.uk
Consort de Danse Baroque
Based in Cardiff, classes in many parts of Britain.
Danse Ecosse
Historical dance group specialising in the performance of 15th and 16th century dances. Based in Inverness, performs at events throughout Scotland, and holds workshops and education sessions.
Bedfordshire
Bedford Early Dance and Music
Web: www.dhds.org.uk/bedm
Cambridgeshire
The Capriol Society (Cambridge)
Regular classes, mainly 14th-17th centuries.
Contact: Enquiries to Dieter Benziger (01223 210001)
Web: www.mjtr.de/capriol/
The Capriol Dancers
Performing group drawn from The Capriol Society.
Contact: Enquiries about possible performances to Elizabeth Russell (01223 240698).
Devon
Renaissance Historical Dance Society
Medieval, Stuart, Regency as well as Elizabethan Dance. We have also expanded our activities to include archery, Tudor medicine, baby swaddling, Masked Parades and Elizabethan Needlecraft. In addition we are now able to offer a selection of period tents and banners to bring added ambiance to our performance venues.
Contact: Carol Walters (Secretary) Telephone/Fax: 01752 404939
Web: www.rhds.org.uk/
Dorset
Coranto Early Dance and Music
Performances and classes in Dorset and the South West.
Essex
Danse Royal. Classes and performing group.
Contact: Jackie Marshall-Ward (01206 574913 or 01245 252555)
Hampshire
Basingstoke Early Dance
Web: www.hants.gov.uk/basdance
Hampshire Regency Dancers
Dance classes and demonstrations from Jane Austen's time 1775-1817 held regularly in Winchester.
Contact: James Arnott 02380 407684
Web: www.hantsaustendancers.org.uk
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Early Dance
A club for dancers and musicians, meeting one Sunday a month in St Albans.
Contact: Jan or Derek Guyatt - Tel. 01442 862545.
Web: www.hertsearlydance.btinternet.co.uk
Kent
Capriole and A Companye of Strangers
Based in Barham, nr Canterbury.
Contact: Alison Thornley, Hunsdon House, Kingsnorth Road, ASHFORD, Kent, TN23 6LX, Tel: 01233 620065
email:
info
capriole.org.uk
Pastime
Contact: Alison Ede tel: 01322 553094
email:
a.edetiscali.co.uk
London
Contretemps and Chalemie
Performances (national and international) and classes in baroque dance.
Contact: Barbara Segal - Tel:020 7700 4293 Fax: 020 7700 5877
Web: www.chalemie.co.uk
The Covent Garden Minuet Company
London-based group performing the social dances of the late 18th century, especially the minuet.
Mercurius
London based Dance and Music Company specialised in 17th Century French Comedies and Ballets.
Web: www.geocities.com/Paris/Opera/1642
Quadrille Club
Usually meets on the third Sunday of every month, except August, but check the web site to confirm dates.
Contact: Chris and Ellis Rogers (01689 600768)
Web: www.quadrilles.co.uk
Renaissance Dancers
Weekly evening class in London; education programme; dance performances; dinners and talks.
Contact: Gwenneth Bransby-Zachary, 2c Alleyn Road, London. SE21 8AL. Tel 020 8761 6565. Fax 020 8670 3195
email:
dancersgbz.demon.co.uk
Norfolk
Norwich Early Dance
Web: www.norwichearlydance.org.uk
Oxfordshire
Oxford Historical Dance Society
OHDS was founded in 1980. We aim to run about 6 dance workshops a year, covering the period from 1450 to Lindy Hop! Beginners are always welcome.
Contact: 01865 373861
Rutland
Weekly classes in Ketton
Contact: Maggie Roberts (01780 482635)
Staffordshire
The Regency Assembly
The Regency Assembly was founded in the Autumn of 2005 to understand and perform dances popular around the Regency Period. Dance classes are held fortnightly in Lichfield.
Web: www.regencyassembly.co.uk/
Wiltshire
Salisbury Early Dance
Meet once a month on a Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. to study and enjoy English and Italian dances of the 15th and 16th centuries, and English country dances from the 17th century through the 18th and even the 20th!.
Contact: Diana Cruickshank (01980 620339)
email:
DianaCruicaol.com
Yorkshire
White Rose Early Dance (Huddersfield).
Regular classes,the first Sunday of each month, 15th - 18th centuries.
Contact: Enquiries to Ann and Paul Kent (01484 663842)
email:
paulkresearch-d01yahoo.co.uk
Greensleeves
Performance group drawn from White Rose Early Dance.
Contact: Enquiries about possible performances to Ann and Paul Kent (01484 663842)
email:
paulkresearch-d01yahoo.co.uk
Historical Dance Sites Outside UK
Europe
zeitenTANZ (Austria)
zeitenTANZ is a non-profit association to promote historical dance in Austria. It offers information on historical dance, dance evenings and get-togethers as well as workshops run by experienced teachers. Web site in German and English.
Web: www.zeitentanz.at
The Institute for Historical Dance Practice (Belgium)
La Compagnie du Tordion (Belgium)
Formed in 2000. Plan to specialise in dances from 1450 (Bourgoigne's Court) to the end of the reign of Charles V (1550). Meet on two Saturdays per month. Participate in medieval and Renaissance fairs, etc.
Web: www.pasdlayau.be
Danserey - Renaissance Dance Group (Germany)
Web: www.danserey.de
Rossina (Hamburg, Germany)
Web: www.rossina.de/
Studio für Historischen Tanz Berlin e. V. (Germany)
Present historical dances from the Renaissance period to the 19th century and hold workshops with external teachers.
Web: www.shtberlin.de/
Tanzgruppe Domenico e.V. (Germany)
The non-profit association "Tanzgruppe Domenico" performs Medieval and Renaissance dances. Our association is located in Horb am Neckar (nearby Stuttgart) meetings for training are every Friday evening. We participate in medieval events throughout Germany, Italy and France; we are always looking for related groups for exchange of experiences. (Web site in German)
Web: www.tanzgruppe-domenico.de/
Il Leoncello (Italy) - Scuola e Gruppo di Danza Storica.
Main site in Italian with many useful Early Music and Historical Dance links (in English).
Web: space.tin.it/spettacolo/apontre
Balletto Estense (Modena, Italy)
Associazione Culturale di Danza Storica. Parts of site have English translations.
Web: www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1867/behome.html
Societa di Danza (Italy)
An Italian cultural association that aims at research and practice of historical dance, directed by Fabio Mollica.
Web: www.societadidanza.it/soc_dance.html
Il Teatro della Memoria (Italy)
Directed by Claudia Celi and Andrea Toschi, the Association "Il Teatro della Memoria" promotes historical research, publications and performance in the field of early music and dance. (Site in Italian.)
Web: www.teatrodellamemoria.org
La Rossignol (Italy)
It is a society between artists and researchers which wants to promote, to produce and to diffuse some projects with the purpose of spreading ancient music. (Site in Italian and English.)
Web: www.larossignol.com
Festa cortese (Lithuania)
Medieval and Renaissance dances, music and poetry.
USA
Rendance
Links to early dance organisations worldwide and the Rendance email discussion group.
Web: www.rendance.org
Amherst Early Music Festival
Including historical dance classes and performances.
Web: www.amherstearlymusic.org
Saphire Swan Dance Directory: Historical Dance
Web: www.sapphireswan.com/dance/links/historical.htm
MiXED PiCKLES
Philadelphia based dance company that researches, performs and teaches American dances from earliest colonial period to the 1940s.
Web: www.mixedpickles.org
Dancetime Publications
Social Dance through History Online.
Web: www.dancetimepublications.com
Tapestry Historical Dance Ensemble (Ardmore, PA)
Web: hometown.aol.com/tapestrylj/TAPESTRYSITE/index.html
Centuries Dance
Professional peformance troupe based in the Metro DC/MD/VA area.
Choregraphie Antique, the Dance History Ensemble of Goucher College, Towson, Maryland 212104
Choregraphie Antique brings history to life through reconstructions of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Early and mid 19th century, Ragtime, and World War II era dances.
Contact: Professor Chrystelle Trump Bond. Phone 410-227-6391; fax 410-337-6123
Web: www.Goucher.edu/choregraphieantique/
The Elegant Arts Society, New York
Monthly workshops in Regency Dances as well as dances from other periods taught by Susan de Guardiola. Regency Assembly (ball) in October in New Haven, Connecticut.
Web: www.elegantarts.org/
Australia
The Early Dance Consort
Sydney-based performing and teaching ensemble specialising in Renaissance and Baroque Dance
Web: www.earlydanceconsort.com
Earthly Delights & The Bordonian Heritage Dancers
Performance and teaching of historical dance - late Renaissance, Baroque, Regency and Victorian dance styles. Regular dance classes and monthly balls in Canberra, Australia
Web: www.earthlydelights.com.au
Rippon Lea Renaissance Dancers
Iinformation on renaissance dance classes, performances and related activities conducted by the Early Arts Guild of Victoria.
Web: home.vicnet.net.au/~earlyart/ripponlea.html
The Calendar of Historical Dance
The Calendar of Historical Dance
web site maintained by Stefan Kuhn provides listings of events in Europe and the USA classified by country, period, type of event, and so on. Recommended .
Web: www.early-dance.de
Historical Dance Resources
Orchesography
Transcription of the full text and music from Arbeau's Orchesography by Nicolas Graner.
Web: graner.net/nicolas/arbeau
Negri
Cesare Negri's Le Gratie d'Amore / Nuove Inventioni Di Balli (1602/1604) - facsimile scans from US Library of Congress and transcription by Greg Lindahl.
Web: www.pbm.com/~lindahl/negri
Caroso
Fabritio Caroso's Il Ballarino (1581) - facsimile scans from US Library of Congress and transcription by Greg Lindahl.
Web: www.pbm.com/~lindahl/caroso/
The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium
Database of all known country dances in the various editions of The Dancing Master by John Playford, Henry Playford and John Young, edited by Robert M. Keller.
Web: www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster
Other Sites of Interest
Society for Dance Research
Working since 1982 to promote and foster the quality and scope of dance scholarship and providing a forum for the diverse dance interests in the UK
Web: www.sdr-uk.org
The English Folk Dance and Song Society
Web: www.efdss.org
Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru
Welsh Folk Dance Society
Web: www.welshfolkdance.org.uk
Galway Early Music Festival
Annual early music festival in Galway, Ireland.
The Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS)
Web: www.sdhs.org
Dolmetsch Homepage
Dolmetsch Musical Instruments, Summer Music School, etc. (UK)
Web: www.dolmetsch.com
Jeremy Barlow and the Broadside Band
Early music group who have played on many DHDS recordings. (UK)
Dance Books Ltd. (UK)
Web: www.dancebooks.co.uk
Arts Books (UK)
Web: www.arts-books.com
Albert Alchemy
Links to folk music and dance in the UK
Web: ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/albertalchemy/breather.htm
Suzi Clarke costumier
Several of Suzi Clarke's costumes appear in DHDS photo gallery. (UK)
Web: www.suziclarke.co.uk
Dressed in Time
Custom made historic clothing
Create the Mood
Costume and music from the past including The Garter - the directory that supports costuming compiled by Frances Tucker. (UK)
Web: www.createthemood.uklinux.net
londondance
Dance events in London, news, companies, venues, organisations, etc. (UK)
Web: www.londondance.com
Wiesniacy
Polish Folklore song and dance troup. (Birmingham, UK)
Web: wiesniacy.tripod.com/index.html
National Resource Centre for Dance links
Web: www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD/links.html