Dear Members & visitors to this website COVID-19 NOTICE The Committee of the Early Dance Circle would like to wish you all well during the difficult period to come. We are currently planning the Early Dance… continue reading
Many dancers will have exciting plans for a spring and summer of events. Many of you will be apprehensive about the potential disruption caused by the spread of coronavirus in the UK and other countries.… continue reading
Speaker: Jennifer Thorp,Dancer, Dance Historian and Archivist at New College, Oxford Friday 28 February 2020 at 7.15 p.m. at the Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. The high seas of British… continue reading
All those interested in Renaissance culture, dance and costume will want to visit the Queen's House, Greenwich SE10 before the end of August. This free exhibition has assembled 3 "fabulously bombastic" Armada portraits of Elizabeth… continue reading
FEAST & FAST: THE ART OF FOOD IN EUROPE 1500-1800 When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast & Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history and culture of… continue reading
7:00 to 10:00 pm at St John's Kirk, Perth. An splendid evening of music & dance with Gaita Medieval Music, theatrical performances, readings, interviews, and poetry.These performances are all based on an evening's entertainment with James… continue reading
CALLING ALL DANCE HISTORIANS Proposals are sought on subjects relating to Shakespeare, Early Modern, and/or Renaissance Studies. Any discipline is welcome which intersects with the above fields (including, but not limited to literature, history, drama and performance,… continue reading
Dance as a source for all sorts of therapeutic rewards is becoming better and better appreciated. But those of us lucky enough to have seen 'Blind Dance' perform have seen a special example. Junella McKay's… continue reading
The Historical Dance Society is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with a grand Elizabethan Revel at the Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick on April 18, 2020. To be prepared to dance your heart out in… continue reading
