Coronavirus update received from Voluntary Arts UK

Many dancers will have exciting plans for a spring and summer of events. Many of you will be apprehensive about the potential disruption caused by the spread of coronavirus in the UK and other countries.…
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DON’T MISS THE EDC ANNUAL LECTURE for 2020 Patrons and Pirates: Publishing Dance in the Eighteenth Century

Speaker: Jennifer Thorp,Dancer, Dance Historian and Archivist at New College, Oxford Friday 28 February 2020 at 7.15 p.m. at the Swedenborg Hall, Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH. The high seas of British…
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Three Crowning Glories at the Queen’s House

All those interested in Renaissance culture, dance and costume will want to visit the Queen's House, Greenwich SE10 before the end of August. This free exhibition has assembled 3 "fabulously bombastic" Armada portraits of Elizabeth…
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Don’t Miss the 4th Festival for World Commedia dell’Arte Day

Saturday 22 February 2020 Sands Film Studios & Cinema, 82 St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, SE16 4HZ 12.00  Procession: “Pulcinella’s Progress” departs St Mary’s Churchyard (free event) Parade & Street Theatre 12.30 – 1.00  Performance: “The…
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS OF INTEREST

FEAST & FAST: THE ART OF FOOD IN EUROPE 1500-1800 When, where, why, how and with whom we eat are crucial to our identity. Feast & Fast presents novel approaches to understanding the history and culture of…
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An Evening with King James I – Love Blood and Blind Ambition

7:00 to 10:00 pm at St John's Kirk, Perth. An splendid evening of music & dance with Gaita Medieval Music, theatrical performances, readings, interviews, and poetry.These performances are all based on an evening's entertainment with James…
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The Twenty-Second Annual British Graduate Shakespeare Conference (BritGrad) Thursday, 4th – Saturday, 6th June, 2020

CALLING ALL DANCE HISTORIANS Proposals are sought on subjects relating to Shakespeare, Early Modern, and/or Renaissance Studies. Any discipline is welcome which intersects with the above fields (including, but not limited to literature, history, drama and performance,…
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The History of ‘Blind Dance’ 1986-2002

Dance as a source for all sorts of therapeutic rewards is becoming better and better appreciated. But those of us lucky enough to have seen 'Blind Dance' perform have seen a special example. Junella McKay's…
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A Series of Elizabethan Dance Workshops

The Historical Dance Society is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with a grand Elizabethan Revel at the Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick on April 18, 2020. To be prepared to dance your heart out in…
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Georgian era of light and shade explored at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

Artworks, costume and literature tell the conflicting stories of the Georgian eraIncludes a first edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice on loan from a private lenderExhibition brings together artefacts and stories from across Regency…
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