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Inclusive Dance Workshop by Nonsuch History&Dance

A team including Darren Royston (Artistic Director, Nonsuch History and Dance), Francesca Roche, and Neil Hancock are bringing an inclusive dance workshop FREE to all young wheelchair/mobility aided participants and their supporter/friend/helper through the generosity…
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Hazel Dennison received the Peggy Dixon award

Congratulations to Hazel Dennison for receiving the Peggy Dixon award for outstanding services to early dance. As it is normally presented during the EDC Biennial Conferences, the award to Hazel is long overdue due to…
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2022 Early Dance Conference

What a lovely and stimulating weekend of early dance research and practice we had at the beautiful and welcoming St Katharine’s! A lot was covered from Sicilian Canarios to the Dance of the Seven Veils…
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Mentoring and funding opportunity from Traditional Arts Culture Scotland

TRACS are pleased to be offering another opportunity for trad arts practitioners to be involved in mentoring. Applications are invited from new mentees. The program is open to musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers, and Scots/Gaelic practitioners.…
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Ann Hutchison Guest peacefully passed away at the age of 103.

Another blow to the early dance field: Ann Hutchinson Guest, one of the world’s foremost authorities on dance notation, who studied more than 80 systems, died on April 9 at her home in London. She…
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The Historical Dance Society invites for the Baroque dance workshop in Stratford-upon-Avon

Join Kimico Ocamoto and Kath Waters on Sunday 24th April for the Essential French Baroque dance workshop exploring La Bourgogne organised by the Historical Dance Society. The whole day workshop (10 am to 5 pm)…
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Reconstruction of early 20th century Italian Polka Chinata presented at the Royal Opera House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kk2mbuowGw Royal Opera House hosted on Sunday 20 March 2021 an unusual performance and dance workshop on the Bolognese dance step known as ‘Polka Chinata’. Alessandro Sciarroni has been working with dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and…
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Richmond Opera’s concerts in May with baroque dance

Richmond Opera are putting on two performances of Dido & Aeneas in May, both of which will include a specific element of performance by trained dancers in an appropriate style. Sat 14th May To celebrate…
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Final farewell to Professor Margaret McGowan

It is with great sadness that we must report that our long-standing andvery supportive President, Professor Margaret McGowan, has passed away.Our sincerest sympathy goes out to her husband, Professor Sydney Anglo, and to her family…
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Welcome to the EDC’s Biennial Conference 2022!

Retrieving & Reconstructing the Past Through Dance 6 – 8 May 2022, St Katharine’s, Parmoor, Frieth, RG9 6NN We are looking forward to welcoming speakers and guests at the long-awaited Biennial Conference postponed from 2020!…
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