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Library of Congress: Dance Instruction Manuals - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/
Facsimiles and SGML versions of social dance manuals from 1490 to 1920. Also includes video clips and an essay giving an overview of the collection. |
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Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) - http://www.sdhs.org/
Organization dedicated to Western and non-Western dance history, with working groups in early dance and reconstruction. Includes information about publications and conferences, and links organized by subject. |
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Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society - http://www.dhds.org.uk/
Society aiming to promote teaching, performance and research in European dance from the 15th to the 19th century. Includes information about the journal "Historical Dance", books, practice tapes, conferences, summer schools, and a list of dance groups in the UK. |
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The Institute for Historical Dance Practice - http://www.historicaldance.com/
Group based in Belgium that researches, performs and teaches dances from between 1450 and 1920. Information about associated performing groups, services, summer schools and classes. |
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The Calendar of Historical Dance - http://www.early-dance.de/
Upcoming events including classes, summer schools, performances and balls. Plus, links organized by country, period and type, facsimiles of early 18th-century choreographies from the Library of Congress, and photos. |
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Capering & Kickery - http://www.kickery.com/
Blog by dance historians and reconstructors. Mainly covering the 19th and early 20th century. Includes articles, and links to social dance groups. |
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We Make History - http://www.wemakehistory.com/
Organizes Colonial, Regency and Victorian dance events throughout the Southwestern United States. Site provides information about upcoming balls, and introductions to the etiquette and clothing of each period. |
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The Elegant Arts Society - http://www.elegantarts.org/
Information about the Renaissance, English regency, and vintage dance. Upcoming events in northeastern US, and classes in New York City. |
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Earthly Delights - http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/
Music and dance band based in Canberra, Australia. Information about their instruments, performances, dance classes, dance history, dance terms, and some instructions for dances. |
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Società di Danza - http://www.societadidanza.it/
Italian group dedicated to researching 19th century and historical dance. Includes information about balls and classes. |
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Early Dance Circle - http://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/
Umbrella organization for early dance in the UK. Includes information about membership and events, and an overview of Western dance from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. |
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The Early Dance Consort - http://users.bigpond.net.au/earlydanceconsort/
Based in Sydney, Australia. Offers classes and performances in Renaissance and Baroque dance. |
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Dance History Teachers Discussion Group - http://lists.fsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/dhtdg/
Discussion archives, and information about subscribing. |
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Hof-Dantzer - http://www.hofdantzer.at/index_engl.htm
Dancers from Austria, Germany and the Netherlands whose repertoire includes baroque stage dance, domestic dance from the Biedermeier period, and ballroom dance from the Strauss era. Includes information about their CDs of dance music, and CD-ROM on baroque dance. |
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New York Historical Dance Company - http://www.newyorkhistoricaldance.com/
Offers workshops and performances in 15th to early 20th century dance. Includes information about services and products for sale. |
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Lucretia - http://lucretia.euweb.cz/
Czech group performing Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and folk dance. Includes information about performances available, and a photo gallery. |
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Nonsuch - http://www.nonsuchdance.co.uk/
History and dance company based in the UK. Information about classes, performance and education services, and books and tapes for sale. |
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Yesteryears Dancers - http://www.yesteryearsdancers.com/
American colonial to vintage dance performances and workshops. Includes information about upcoming events. |
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Early Arts Guild of Victoria - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~earlyart/
Including Rippon Lea Renaissance and Baroque Dancers, and the Early Music Consort of Melbourne. Information about classes, performances and school programs. Australia. |
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ZeitenTanz - http://www.zeitentanz.at/index_engl.htm
Association to promote historical dance in Austria, based in Vienna. Includes information about workshops and their Baroque dance summer school, and an overview of dance styles from the Renaissance to the early 19th century. |
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Choregraphie Antique - http://www.goucher.edu/choregraphieantique/
Dance history ensemble of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Performs ballroom dances of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Calendar of upcoming performances. |
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Oxford Historical Dance Society - http://www.freewebs.com/ohds/
Runs one-day workshops in different dance styles. Information about workshops and membership. |
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Dance Through Time - http://www.dancethroughtime.org/
Company that researches, preserves, presents, and educates the public about Western social dances from the 15th century to the present, based in San Francisco. Includes information about upcoming performances, and hiring the company for teaching or performance. |
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Plaisir Courtois - http://www.plaisircourtois.nl/cgi-bin/index.cgi?language=en
Dance group from Groningen, The Netherlands. Includes background information on Renaissance, Baroque and Viennese dance. |
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Ken Pierce - http://web.mit.edu/kpierce/www/
Baroque and late Renaissance dancer and researcher. Includes papers, videos, and information about his summer workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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The Arbeau Dancers - http://www.arbeaudancers.org.uk/
Group based in West Yorkshire, UK, performing dances from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Information about programs. |
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Kickback - http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.uk/
Based in the UK, Verna Wass teaches traditional and historical dance for schools and other groups: from medieval line dances to the 20th century. Also available for displays, ceilidhs and barn dances. |
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Federica Calvino Prina - http://xoomer.alice.it/fecalvin/
Italian dancer and teacher of renaissance and baroque dance. Information about future courses and performances. |
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Saltatio Vitae - http://saltatiovitae.wz.cz/
Czech performing group offering shows with historical and folkloric themes. |
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Teatro Arcimboldo - http://www.arcimboldo.ch/teatro-english/
Renaissance and baroque dance-theater ensemble based in Switzerland. Information about performances, classes and recordings. |
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The Period Dance Group - http://perioddance.org/
The memories of a performing group formed at the University of Georgia in the 1970s. |
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The Companie of Dansers - http://www.geocities.com/companieofdansers/
UK based company directed by Madeleine Inglehearn. Information about Baroque and Renaissance dance classes, hiring the company, and their publications. |
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MSN Learning & Research: Popular and Social Dance - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566939
From the early Middle Ages to the 1990s. |
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Coranto - http://corantoearlydance.com/
UK based group working on dance from medieval times to the late 18th century. Information about concerts, educational services, and publications. |
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Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble - http://members.aol.com/tapestrylj/TAPESTRYSITE/
Researches and performs dances from the late-15th to mid-19th centuries. Classes just west of Philadelphia. Also contains background information on Renaissance, colonial, regency and Victorian dance. |