A Weekend of Sixteenth Century Italian Dance Taught by Mary Collins

Renaissance Footnotes We will be hosting our 15th weekend course on renaissance dance on 18th & 19th February 2017 at Hurst Village Hall (http://www.hurstvillagehalls.org.uk/) The course will run from 10:00 to 16:30 on both Saturday…
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Dancers’ Pictures and Where to Find Them

Don't miss Keith Cavers illustrated talk about researching the early iconography of dance at the EDC Annual Lecture. Friday 24 February, 2017. The Art Workers Guild 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT Dance away the…
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Norwich and Cambridge Early Dance Weekend hosted by Norwich Historical Dance

A residential course at Belsey Bridge, Bungay, Suffolk 31st March – 2nd April 2017 A practical course studying 18th century Danish dances, researched and taught by Jørgen Schou-Pedersen, who has had a long and distinguished…
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A Playford Anniversary

330 years ago. the 7th edition of John Playford's The Dancing Master (1686) was seen through his firm's press. This edition was his last, for in the following year he died and was buried in the Temple Church.…
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Words and Music for Spring

Tamsin Lewis's new book, In the Merry Month of May - Music, Words, and Songs for May from 16th & 17th century Britain, might have just what you want for your next performance. It contains…
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Passamezzo Early Dance Upcoming events

Performances:  28 / 29 May  Hampton Court Castle Herefordshire 9 June Ludlow schools day Ludlow Castle 18 / 19 June Wellingborough Medieval Festival  and  Leominster Medieval Pageant 23 July Hereford History Day 11 / 12…
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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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