Matinee or Evening, Pit or Circle, some online resources

ON-LINE LINKS FROM THE CULTURE DIARY, BBC AND OTHER SOURCES A number of performing arts organisations, artists and practitioners have conducted live streams, posted recorded shows or are creating new work for the online space.…
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DANCING ON THE SPOT – AN UNUSUAL EXERCISE

Here is an idea from Cathie and Steve Bowness to keep fit and train your brain in a small space.  Sit on a kitchen chair (i.e. not a comfy chair) put a resistance band under…
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A Bit of Time Travel

Thanks to Gloriana Living History from all of us at EDC. You can visit them at http://www.gloriana.co.uk/about.html
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A Baroque Giggle for Today

Caricaturists of the baroque period were not ones to spare the ladies' fashions of the day. Today's offering is a few of their pot shots at the high styling of wigs. Don't worry the men…
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Some of us wish we were wearing this! Even if we’re only feeding the cat.

Wonderful c1780s woman's jacket (made from cotton chintz imported from India c1750) Collection of @colonialwmsburg Read more here: https://bit.ly/3dnlq4W#fashionhistory#writingprompts
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Today’s Dancers’ Delight comes from Cracovia Danza — the Minuet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8VoKeuOzZQ How delightful!
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Some sources for reading & research for early dancers

Some of the riches of the Huntington Library are at your disposal: The Huntington@TheHuntington · Did you know you can access all our videos, recorded lectures, conferences, and podcasts on our website? For example, listen…
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Quadrille Club Anniversary Quadrille as performed at The Richmond Ball 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7vBKwdbXs Thanks to Christine and Ellis Rogers for permission to post a link to this performance. I hope all you stay-at-home dancers enjoy it!
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Dancing life at the time of Coronavirus lockdown in the outskirts of the Royal Borough of Edinburgh

Two encouraging pix from Alena Shmakova, turning her disappointment by Day 7 into dancing in the garden.
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TO ALL FRUSTRATED SOCIAL DANCERS — LET’S HELP EACH OTHER.

The UK is full of small dance groups who regularly get together for social dancing, whether Playford, Folk or full on Renaissance, Regency or Baroque. We all love taking hands “for as many as will”.…
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