HOT OFF THE PRESS: The EDC Festival 2019 DVD is out now

The DVD makes a wonderful souvenir if you were there in Edinburgh. If you couldn't come, you can instead watch the Festival DVD for the pleasure of seeing all the dancing that took place at…
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Calling all Early Singers and Costume makers

Start the New Year with style, by registering for a week of cultural immersion in the world of Baroque and Renaissance song, costme, music & dance at the 22nd Chalemie School at EASTER. Busy at…
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Call for Papers Shakespeare Jahrbuch 157 (2021) “Shakespeare and Dance”

The 2021 volume of Shakespeare Jahrbuch will be a special issue on “Dance”. The editorial board invites essays from a variety of perspectives, including literary studies, cultural history, dance studies and the history of dance, performance studies,…
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Congratulations to Charlotte Ewart and Tamsin Lewis for their Xmas Cheer

It's not often that early music and dance appear on the BBC (would it was oftener). But Charlotte and Tamsin, along with Annie Grey, joined Lucy Worsley for a delightful evening of Tudor Xmas madness,…
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Don’t Miss Paul Cooper’s Entertaining Researches into Regency Dance

Paul posts various of his occasional #RegencyDance research papers and a new one is available NOW. It's about 3 Whitehall Balls held in 1803. Nursery Rhymes, whimsicality, stage dancing and Scottish dances. Australia comes into…
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Just the book for Christmas!

Dress in the Age of Jane Austen Regency Fashion by Hilary Davidson This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen’s beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between…
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More Early Music & Dance on the BBC

This December, Charlotte Ewart and Tamsin Lewis will be appearing on Britain's Christmas Story on BBC1. Charlotte will be dancing a carol on 15th December, and Tamsin will be talking about Christmas being banned. There may be…
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Lucy Worsley’s programme, A Merry Tudor Christmas — an Update

Lucy Worsley's programme is on BBC2 on 20 December at 9pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cfd5.   We'll all look forward to enjoying it!
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Celebrate Twelve Days of Tudor Christmas

Tamsin Lewis and her group Passamezzo have been having great fun with Lucy Worsley, talking abut carols and Christmas music and celebrations during the reign of Henry VIII for a BBC programme over Christmas. Do…
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Put some Spring in your steps with Lottie Adcock

19th Century for Court and Country Workshop. Saturday 14th March 2020, 10:30 - 4:30 (with an hour for lunch). St Olave's Church Hall, York. Lottie made an original and very graceful contribution to the EDC Festival in…
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