Regularevents organised by the EDC

·        The EDCAnnual Festival

Thisone-day event, hosted by different Early Dance groups around thecountry,provides the opportunity to meet and dance with friends, to show yourlatestwork and to see that of others. The Festival itself is always on aSaturday, inthe autumn, and there are often associated activities on the Fridayevening orthe Sunday morning. These have included lectures and visits to localmuseums,country houses or costume collections.

The next Festival

PastFestivals

·        TheEarly Dance Annual Lecture

This lecture, givenin London, is open to all - and free.

The Annual Lecture isusually held on the third Friday in February. An eminent speaker is invited to talk on a topic relevantto Early Dance. The aim is to promote Early Dance to a wider audience andto demonstratethat it is a serious field of study. 

Thelecture is followed by an opportunity for informal talk.

The next Lecture

PastLectures

Thetext of the most recent Lecture

·        TheEDCBiennial Conference

This is a one-dayevent often held on the Saturday following the Early Dance Lecture. A number of speakers address a topic (a theme or aspecific period)relevant to the study and appreciation of Early Dance. The programme usually includes some practicaldemonstration of dancing. 

TheProceedings are published (see Publications).

The next Conference

Past Conferences

·       One-offevents organised by the EDC

Workshops, study daysand additional lectures are also arranged as opportunity offers. For the most part, however, there are now enough events ofthis kindorganised by local groups and individual teachers to make nationalinitiativessuperfluous.   

Future events of allkinds are notified in the Diaryof Early Dance Events.  

Events organised bythe EDC will be found at Forthcoming EDC events.

ForthcomingEDC Events

 

• 17th February, 2012  7.15 p.m.
  2012 EDC Annual Lecture
  Dr Irene Brandenburg, University of Salzburg
  “Dance in eighteenth-century opera:
      Gluck, Mozart and Idomeneo”
  featuring a DVD of a “reconstruction” of the Chaconne in Idomeneo,
  made by Claudia Jeschke and Sibylle Dahms with dancer Rainer Krenstetter.
  Venue - The Hall at the Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT
  With the generous financial support of the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
  For further information and to reserve your free place, please contact
  Sharon Butler (020 8699 8519)  or  Barbara Segal (020 7700 4293)

 

 

• Friday, 16th-18th March, 2012
  EDC Biennial Conference 2012
  Dance and Society
  Venue - Farnham Castle, Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0AG
  To include a ball on Saturday evening
  For further information, please contact:
  Barbara Segal (020 7700 4293)

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Past EDC events

 

AnnualFestivals

1984     29 September          LONDON,The Camden Centre

1985    15 September       LONDON,Porchester Hall, Bayswater

1986     13September           LONDON, Porchester Hall, Bayswater

1987     31October               LONDON, Porchester Hall, Bayswater

1988     15October               LONDON, Porchester Hall, Bayswater

1989     14October               NELSON, Silverman Hall

1990     13October               STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, Town Hall

1991      5October                LONDON, All Saints Arts Centre, Barnet

1992     10October               WORCESTER, The King’s School

1993     30October               BROMLEY, The Ravensbourne School

1994       1October          OXFORD, Gosford Hill School, Kidlington

1995     14October               LONDON, Ealing Town Hall

1996     12October               CAMBRIDGE, Long Road Sixth Form College

1997     18October               WATFORD, Queen’s School, Bushey

1998     17October               ROCHDALE, Town Hall

1999      9October                PLYMOUTH, College of St Mark & St John

2000     14October               FARNHAM , Frensham Heights

2001     13October               EDINBURGH, The Edinburgh Academy

2002     19October               LUDLOW, The Assembly Rooms

2003     11October               BATH, Kingswood School

2004     17October               ROCHDALE , Town Hall

2005        9 October             NORWICH, Assembly House, Norfolk

2006     21 October          CANTERBURY,  St. Edmund’s School

2007     13 October         STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, King Edward VI School

2008     18October               HARROGATE, Ashville College

2009     16October               CAMBRIDGE, Long Road Sixth Form College

2010     29October               BROMLEY, Ravens Wood School

2011     15October               ROCHDALE, Town Hall
 

EarlyDance Lectures 

1988  Belinda Quirey               
                                       ‘Bel Salto’
                                        The Place, StPancras, London

1989  MollyKenny               
                                       ‘Claims to a Dance Inheritance’
                                       ByronTheatre, Old Cavendish Street, London

1990   PeterBrinson               
                                       ‘The Nobilityof Dance’
                                       CentralHalls, Westminster, London

1991   PeggyDixon                 
                                       ‘Early Dance in Perspective’
                                       RoyalAcademy of Dancing, London

1992    MaryCollins                
                                       ‘Early Dance in Education’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1993     ---------------

1994    JoanRimmer                  
                                       ‘On the Coranto’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1995     RogerSavage                
                                       ‘Purcell and Theatrical Dance’  
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1996     MargaretMcGowan      
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1997     StanleyGlasser      
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1998     JeremyBarlow                 
                                       ‘The Minuet Remembered’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

1999    PeterHolman                    
                                       ‘When is a Dance not a Dance?’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2000     JackEdwards                     
                                       ‘Staging 17th- and 18th-century Baroqueopera’   
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2001      GeraldineStephenson       
                                       ‘Swirling Skirts Fill the Screen’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street,London

2002      BarryGrantham                 
                                       ‘The Dancer as Actor:  lessonsfrom the Commedia dell’Arte’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2003      DavidWilson                     
                                       ‘But how do you know howthey danced so long ago?’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2004      Ellis Rogers                        
                                       ‘TheImage in the Mirror - social dance as the reflection of its society.’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2005      BarbaraSegal                      
                                       ‘Heroesand Harlequins: Dance & Pantomime on the English Stage
                              in the early 18thcentury.’
                                      StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2006      AnneDaye                      
                                       ‘The Queen's Revels: Henrietta Maria and theStuart masque’
                                      StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2007      Dr.Anne Bloomfield     
                                       ‘Agentof the Enlightenment: The significance of the Dancing Master
                              in creating a civilised society in the 18thcentury.’
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2008      Ian Chipperfield - Staymaker:     
                                       ‘ALaboured Hoop to Ornament the Fair’
                                        comparing andcontrasting the 16th C. Farthingale, the 18th C. hoop
                                        and the 19th C.Crinoline, their affect on deportment and movement
                                       StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2009      HumphreyBurton, CBE                      
                                       ‘Fun and Fancy Free - Leonard Bernstein and dances fromHistory.’
                                      StBride’s Institute, Fleet Street, London

2010      Barbara Sparti                      
                                       ‘THE MULTI-FACETED MORESCA, The ItalianTradition of Pantomimic Ballet’
                                      TheArt Workers Guild,London

2011      Georgina Boyes                     
                                       “…our dancers will appear”: Popular culture and early recordsof English traditional dance.
                                      TheArt Workers Guild,London

Concert

10thNovember 1990

‘StepStately:  a Measurein Time’

TheCommonwealth Institute, Kensington, London

AnEarly Dance Show with dancers in period dress, music on periodinstruments andwords from period texts.

Aprogramme of 40 dances was performed by a troupe of 70 dancers, drawnfrom 13dance groups, with 21 musicians and readings by 2 speakers.

YouthDance Competition for Young People 2005-2006

February2006

Big Dance Week

5-13th July 2008