You will also find a
comprehensive list of Early Dance Groups on the website of the The Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
(DHDS).
All-Period Links:
* The Calendar of Early Dance
http://www.early-dance.de/
Calendar of early dance events worldwide. Also includes links
to many other websites and groups.
* An American Ballroom Companion - Dance Instruction Manuals ca 1490-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/
Facsimiles of books on dance from the US Library of Congress.
Also includes an introductory essay giving an overview of the history of western
social dance, video clips of reconstructed dances, and text versions of many of
the manuals.
* Dance Books
http://www.dancebooks.co.uk/
UK-based online bookshop selling many books on dance history and
early dance.
* Big Dance, article by Sharon Butler
http://dancingintheuk.digitaleditions.co.uk/june2010/?jtp=7
Renaissance Dance:
* Renaissance Dance
http://www.rendance.org/
Home of the Rendance mailing list. Also includes background
information about Renaissance dance.
* SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance.html
Extensive pages of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).
Includes background information, primary sources, analysis and links.
* Orchesographie
http://www.graner.net/nicolas/arbeau/
An HTML transcription of Arbeau's _Orchesoraphie_ (1589).
English Country Dance:
* The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium
http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/
Database of dances in the various editions of The (English) Dancing
Master.
* ECD - The English Country Dance Mailing List
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd.htmlx
Active mailing list covering ECD in modern and historical contexts.
Also includes background information.
Baroque Dance
* Matt's Baroque Dance Pages
http://baroquedance.info/
Informal Baroque dance site including an extensive collection of
links and HTML versions of some dancing manuals.
* Feuillet - The Baroque Dance Mailing List
http://www.rendance.org/links/feuillet.html
Low traffic mailing list mostly used for announcements, but other
relevant content is welcome.
Other Link Collections
* Google Directory: Arts > Performing Arts > Dance > Historical
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Historical/
* The Calendar of Early Dance: Links
http://www.early-dance.de/links/index.php
* Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society: Links
http://www.dhds.org.uk/links.html
* Dance schools on the net
http://www.aboutdanceschools.com
Find a dance school. Worldwide dance schools directory.
* The Language of Dance Trust
http://www.lodc.org/resources/notated-dances-and-dance-techniques.html
The Language of Dance Trust promotes the use of Motif
Notation as a way to create and explore movement.