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Ignatius Sancho: Slave, Man of Letters, Man of Music & Dance

Early Dance Committee Member Sally Petchey explores a little of Ignatius Sancho's influence and creativity in Hotfoot, the online journal of One Dance UK's Dance of the African Diaspora. You can read Sally's article here: https://issuu.com/onedanceuk/docs/hotfoot_autumn_2017/40…
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Enjoy some wonderful pictures of the dancing at the EDC Festival 2017

Click here to see new pictures on our Gallery. The various groups who danced at the Festival offered the stately, the romantic, the gentle and the dramatic, the comic and the bizarre, all of it performed…
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Check out this interview with Catherine Turocy about her reconstruction of Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire 1745

Performed for France’s King Louis XV in 1745 at the Palace of Versailles, Le Temple de la Gloire was revised and remounted in Paris in 1746, then never seen again. The work displeased His Majesty, who…
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“The Loves of Mars and Venus” Returns! Another chance to see this excellent show and more!

On Wed. 13 December 2017, 7:30 pm,  at St Peter's Church, Notting Hill, London W11 2PN, Evelyn Nallan and her talented cast will combine a concert with a play and a ballet to tell the…
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Book Now for the Playford Ball at the Eastbourne International Folk Dance Festival

It seems early, but if you want to attend the EIFF Playford Ball with caller Andrew Shaw and band Persons of Quality, you need to book in November! Early dance group Renaissance Footnotes are performing…
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Barbara Segal is back at High Leigh in January

Friday 26 - Sunday 28 January 2018 High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 8SG Barbara Segal will be giving another of her popular workshops for the Historical Dance Society on country dance in the…
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Don’t miss Jorgen Schou-Pedersen’s Workshops in November

Ever-popular tutor, Jorgen Schou-Pedersen, will be visiting the London area soon for a 2-day workshop hosted by HDS. The venue and cost have been updated: Saturday 11th Nov., 10-5 pm at St James' Church Hall, St…
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Annual EDC Lecture 2017 now available on the website

Did you miss Keith Cavers' lecture on Dancers' pictures and where to find them: Researching the early iconography of the dance (February 2017)? It is now ready for viewing on the website under  http://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/events/past-edc-annual-lectures/ We…
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20th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium: Call for Papers

On 17 -18 April 2018, the next Oxford Dance Symposium will focus on Dance and Drama. Topics might include dancing in stage plays, on stage and in opera, however abstracts on all aspects of the…
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Call for Conference Papers: Dance in the Age of Forgetfulness

The deadline for submissions is Friday 15 September for this highly relevant conference organised by the Society for Dance Research from 18-20 April at Royal Holloway, University of London. How might dance engage with memory,…
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