“Lace for the Ball” was a Highlight of the 2015 Early Dance Festival

On Friday 23 October, Heather Toomer shared a private view of her extensive lace collection with those at the Early Dance Festival this year. There were lovely pieces from the 16th to the 19th century,…
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Emma & Mr Knightley Take a Turn around the Dance Floor

  To the delight of their audience, at the recent EDC Early Dance Festival, Emma and Mr Knightley revisited Bath to show off their mature skills in the couple allemande. Great fun was had by…
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“Teaching Dance”, 18th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium

19-20 April 2016 Call for Papers The theme is dance pedagogy in all its forms. 1876
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Norwich Dancers in Exciting Filming Project

Broadcast & Journalism students Yaran Zhao & Heting Zhang have created a film about Norwich Historical Dance Two young Chinese students were captivated by the dancing, the music and the costumes at an NHD event…
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BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show

You can listen here to all 3 BBC radio shows, featuring members of the Early Dance Circle. Medieval Dance (47MB, duration 51 mins) was recorded at the National Early Music Centre in York, with EDC…
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Call for Contributions: Italy and the Dance, Italian Dance in Europe 1400 – 1900, for Barbara Sparti (1932 – 2013)

25 - 29 May 2016  in Burg Rothenfels am Main, Germany Here it is at last! Today's 83rd anniversary of the birth of Barbara Sparti, to whom we at Rothenfels have dedicated our upcoming Symposium,…
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CALL FOR PAPERS 2016 EDC CONFERENCE

TERPSICHORE AND HER SISTERS: the Relationship between Dance and other Arts EDC Biennial Conference 2016 St Katharine's, Parmoor, Frieth, Bucks. RG9 6NN Read more
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Rameau’s Pigmalion and Anacreon (9/10/14): Review

A full house at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), a 900-strong audience, witnessed a splendid evening of living theatre – singers, players and dancers woven into a compellingly vivid whole. What a success! And with…
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DHDS Events

Two forthcoming events: Baroque Dance workshop and Study Forum
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Bachtrack Magazine dedicates August to Baroque Music and Dance

Bachtrack Magazine offers its reader a guide to Baroque Music and Dance. The entire month of August will have various articles on different composers, events and reviews.
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