Posts Written By: sbutler

DVD and Photos of the EDC Festival 2018 are available now!

Photographing dance is a rare skill! How do you catch a moment in motion? At EDC we are lucky enough to have volunteers who tackle this for us at every Festival. If you missed the…
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World Commedia dell’Arte Day is here again and so is London’s Own Commedia Festival!

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 February 2019 will see fun & dancing, street theatre & processions, workshops, films and performances in Rotherhithe. Children & their parents can join the parade and watch the dancers and Commedia…
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New Year and Another Chance to Register for the Chalemie School at Easter

Celebrating 21 years of the Chalemie School of Early Music, Dance, Commedia and Costume this year! Don't miss it, if you want to be part of an immersive experience that will build your skills or introduce…
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Tudor Dance, Music and Song on BBC 1

Danny Dyer's Right Royal Family starts on 23 January at 9 pm on BBC1. Passamezzo will be teaching him to sing and play music from the court of Henry VIII, while Charlotte Ewart teaches him to…
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‘Colonial dancing in Europe, European dancing in the colonies’ ; A Call for Papers

The European Association of Dance Historians' conference is in Porto, Portugal, in 2019.  Friday 8th and Saturday 11th November 2019, in association with Portingaloise Cultural and Artistic Association, and Ginasiano/Armazém22 The conference proposes an exploratory look at the…
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A Chance to Learn Some 18th Century Dance

11th January  from 7.30pm until 10.00pm The BathMinuet Company is giving classes in 18th century dancing at Claverton Down Community Hall, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 6DT . All levels of experience are welcome, especially…
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Read the new issue of Dance Research, Volume 36, Issue 2, November, 2018

The EDC is proud to welcome this issue of  Dance Research, opening as it does with a tribute to Ivor Guest by Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp. Ivor was for some years one of the Circle's…
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EDC Partner Sands Studios to host Ian McKellen

Don't Miss Ian McKellen on Stage with Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and You... at Sands Films Cinema and Events Tuesday, 5 February 2019 from 19:30 to 21:30 (GMT) London  
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Music from Christmases Past

Tamsin Lewis & Passamezzo will be on BBC4 on 18 December on Howard Goodall's "The Truth About Christmas Carols" riding around the Houses of Parliament on a bus, and singing The World Turned Upside Down -…
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The Loves of Mars and Venus, by John Weaver – A Royal Academy of Music Research Event

WEDNESDAY 9TH JANUARY 2019, 6 pm-7.30 pm at the Angela Burgess Recital Hall, R.A.M. Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT. FREE ENTRY TO ALL The Loves of Mars and Venus by John Weaver was the first modern ballet, telling a story…
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