Early Dancers love Purcell, Don’t Miss King Arthur

Purcell's magical opera King Arthur  - a spectacular tale of love, sorcery and patriotic passion (with full baroque orchestra) is on from Friday 15 November to Sunday 17 November at the  Normansfield Theatre in the Langdon Down Centre, Langdon Park,  Teddington TW11 9PS.  For more information and to book contact Book online  or call 0333 1212…
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Taubert’s Anniversary Publication is now available

Gottfried Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister, a magnum opus of almost 1200 pages, was published in Leipzig in 1717. To celebrate its 300-year anniversary, two Taubert conferences were held in Paris and Leipzig, bringing together well-known scholars…
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New Research Grants in honour of Ivor Grant

The Society for Dance Research has recently announced the Ivor Guest Research Grants, in honour of their Founding President and his legacy for the field of dance research. Ivor and Ann Hutchinson Guest were also…
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Purcell’s Magical Opera King Arthur

November 15 – 17, 2019 Richmond Opera presents this tale of sorcery, love and patriotic passion, with full baroque orchestra, at the Normansfield Theatre, The Langdon Down Centre, Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington…
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22nd Annual Oxford Dance Symposium Call for Papers

The topic for 2020 is Watching Dance, Dancers and Audiences  Organised by Michael Burden and Jennifer Thorp, the Conference will take place at New College, Oxford on 21st & 22nd April 2020. . The Oxford Dance Symposia…
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My Boy Can Dance

Let's get more boys dancing! My Boy Can posts this message, something that all dancers can agree with: MY BOY CAN was created because our sons aged 4 were told by children and adults that ‘only girls do dancing’ ‘ boys can’t do ballet, it’s for…
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“IN MOVING OR AFTER MOVING?”: the issue of the demi-coupé, by Ian Cutts

A new topic is now up on the Research Issue section of the EDC Resources page for current thinking about early dance. If baroque dance intrigues you, perhaps Ian's article will get you thinking about…
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‘None but Abigails appeared in white aprons’: The Apron as an Elite Garment in Eighteenth-Century England by Elizabeth Spencer

Find out why the Duchess of Queensberry arrived at the Bath Assembly wearing a white apron, only to have it torn from her by a Master of Ceremonies ... You can read this lengthy, learned and…
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The Jane Austen Festival Country Dance Ball

14 September 2019 8:00 - 11:00 pm Assembly Rooms, Bath. Priority booking for Festival Friends opens on Monday 17th June. Tickets go on general sale from Bath Box Office on Monday 1st July at https://www.janeaustenfestivalbath.co.uk/booking-and-tickets/…
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The Annual Jane Austen Festival is coming up!

The Festival runs from 13-22 September.Priority booking for Festival Friends opens on Monday 17th June. Tickets go on general sale from Bath Box Office on Monday 1st July. Visit: https://www.janeaustenfestivalbath.co.uk/booking-and-tickets/ GET IN EARLY TO BOOK!…
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