Lecture by Friends

Baroque Dance Notation Course with Catherine Turocy

The Historical Dance Society announces the third course on baroque dance notations. This time Catherine Turcoy introduces and explains Rameau's Modifications of the Beauchamp-Feuillet Dance Notation. The course runs on the 4th & 5th of…
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PLAYFORD 1651 … AND MORE!

Cécile Laye's talk "Playford 1651 ... and more!" will be on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6.30 pm BST (France: 19h30 USA East ST: 1.30 pm / USA Pacific ST: 10.30 am). In this talk, Cécile…
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Dancing with the Romanovs

Historical dance as a genre is populated mostly by dance forms and styles of Italian, French and British origin. The discovery and analysis of new sources in different languages shed light on local flavours and…
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MEDIEVAL DANCE: RE-DISCOVERY, RE-IMAGINATION, RECREATION

On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 7 pm GMT, The Historical Dance Society is offering an online event that addresses some of our questions about early dance. What happens when you don’t have any written…
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Have you missed some of the HDS Historical Dance Lockdown Lectures?

This intriguing series of talks on early dance and its various cultural settings is now available on the HDS Lockdown Lectures Youtube Channel, with more to come each week. To take your pick, visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2Nky0GGl0Uao9hkMK7n2g
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A Chance to Look Across the History of Dance

Lottie Adcock has put her dance history video onto Youtube and it's available now. Don't forget that the Dance through History pages at https://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/resources/dance-through-history/ have lots of detail to explore on all periods. Happy watching…
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The Historical Dance Society Lockdown Lectures

This is an informative and entertaining series of talks from experts in the various fields of historical dance. You can find out about the latest in the series and view past lectures on the HDS…
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