Join a Celebration of the Music & Dance of Ignatius Sancho

The Early Dance Circle has prepared a special programme of dance and music composed by Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729 – 14.12.1780) on 14 December 2020 at 12:15 pm GMT. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earlydancecircle/posts/3679939282118674YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnjOprUWs0 Sancho is famous nowadays as…
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Call for Applications to offer an Online Lecture in 2021

Munich Online Lectures is looking for speakers on Practical Dance History of the 15th to 19th Centuries. The Association for Supporting Historical Dance ( Förderverein für historischen Tanz e.V.) in Munich is looking for researchers…
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Jennifer Nevile is the EDC Annual Lecturer for 2021

Join us on Zoom 21 February 2021 at 10:00 am GMT to hear Dr Jennifer Nevile speak about Rehearsals, Performance Problems and Audience Reaction in Renaissance Spectacles. The paper will outline the desire in European…
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Nonsuch History & Dance – Online Club

FROM FALL TO SPRING: six months for studying six centuries of dance! Starting in October 2020! Join Darren Royston, celebrated choreographer and teacher, for online sessions exploring historical dances from medieval periods to the nineteenth…
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The Playford Then & Now Festival

Saturday November 7 to Sunday November 8 The Historical Dance Society is delighted to announce its Playford Weekend Festival – Playford, Then and Now. The enduring popularity of Playford dances and their music from the…
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EDC Early Dance Festival ONLINE

Don't miss your chance to see over 25 performances from early dance groups from the UK and Europe. Special Guest Speakers are Richard Powers of Stanford University & Sarah Deters of the University of Edinburgh.…
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Have you missed some of the HDS Historical Dance Lockdown Lectures?

This intriguing series of talks on early dance and its various cultural settings is now available on the HDS Lockdown Lectures Youtube Channel, with more to come each week. To take your pick, visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2Nky0GGl0Uao9hkMK7n2g
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A Chance to Look Across the History of Dance

Lottie Adcock has put her dance history video onto Youtube and it's available now. Don't forget that the Dance through History pages at https://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/resources/dance-through-history/ have lots of detail to explore on all periods. Happy watching…
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Join the Midsummer Early Dance Festival

Discover the diverse world of early dance and experience the connection between movement, music, and beauty through time at this Midsummer Early Dance and Music Virtual Festival! You can register with Eventbrite. The Festival will…
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The Historical Dance Society’s Virtual Elizabethan Revels

The lockdown forced HDS to cancel its Elizabethan Revels in April, or at least postpone them for the moment. Ever resilient, they have been offering us all a series of online videos teaching and performing…
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