Resources

Dance Through History -- a free period by period survey of the History of Dance

Early Dance – or Historical Dance, as it is also known – covers all social dancing for which there are surviving records

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Learning the Dances

Dance is for dancing. Practice is just as important as theory and scholarship. Learning to re-create and perform early dances is something that the members of the Early Dance Circle cherish, along with those listed below.

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Music for Dancing

Music for dancing is not necessarily the same as music for listening. When organising the music for any performance

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Costume

The way we dress affects the way we move. For those interested in Early Dance, the wearing of good historical dress

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Research Issues: A range of papers to open discussion

Ongoing research requries constant reevaluation of what we think we know of the past. The EDC is hosting several discussion papers and welcomes your thoughts and suggestions.

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The National Resource Centre for Historical Dance

The National Centre for Historical Dance support the study, re-creation and enjoyment of European dancing as represented in manuscripts and printed books since medieval times

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Where to find out more -- Other sources of information on historical dance

Find out more about sources of early dance information

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