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The EDC Conference, Terpsichore and her Sisters, opened new areas of research for early dance

This was an exciting weekend of papers and workshops on a variety of topics linking early, or historical, dance to art, drama, music, comedy, travel and more. The venue was a charming & comfortable Victorian country house near High…
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Madeleine Inglehearn is Awarded The Peggy Dixon Trophy

An outstanding contributor to the appreciation and study of early dance is honoured. At the Early Dance Circle Biennial Conference yesterday, Dr Madeleine Inglehearn received the Peggy Dixon Trophy from Darren Royston, EDC Chairman. The EDC was…
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Theatre in the Regency Era: Plays, Performance, Practice 1795-1843

This conference by The Society for Theatre Research will be held at Downing College, University of Cambridge, July 29-31 2016 Dancers’ highlights: Michael Burden (New College, Oxford), ‘The Anatomy of a Scandal: A Theatre Dancer’s Trip to Gretna…
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Garth Notley & the Early Dance Circle Celebrate Recording Successes

Let's make some more! 72 new Regency dances are now available to the dancing public and the BBC licensed 6 of the tunes for the BBC Poldark Series, a fine compliment to our music. The…
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EARLY DANCE FESTIVAL 2016 ANNOUNCED!

The date's been booked! The next Early Dance Festival will take place on Saturday 29 October 2016. We will return to Beechen Cliff School, Kipling Avenue, Bath BA2 4RE. SAVE THE DATE! MORE DETAILS TO…
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“Lace for the Ball” was a Highlight of the 2015 Early Dance Festival

On Friday 23 October, Heather Toomer shared a private view of her extensive lace collection with those at the Early Dance Festival this year. There were lovely pieces from the 16th to the 19th century,…
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Emma & Mr Knightley Take a Turn around the Dance Floor

  To the delight of their audience, at the recent EDC Early Dance Festival, Emma and Mr Knightley revisited Bath to show off their mature skills in the couple allemande. Great fun was had by…
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“Teaching Dance”, 18th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium

19-20 April 2016 Call for Papers The theme is dance pedagogy in all its forms. 1876
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Norwich Dancers in Exciting Filming Project

Broadcast & Journalism students Yaran Zhao & Heting Zhang have created a film about Norwich Historical Dance Two young Chinese students were captivated by the dancing, the music and the costumes at an NHD event…
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CALL FOR PAPERS 2016 EDC CONFERENCE

TERPSICHORE AND HER SISTERS: the Relationship between Dance and other Arts EDC Biennial Conference 2016 St Katharine's, Parmoor, Frieth, Bucks. RG9 6NN Read more
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