Lukol Directory: Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Historical

Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble
Researches and performs dances from the late-15th to mid-19th centuries. Classes just west of Philadelphia. Also contains background information on renaissance, colonial, regency and Victorian dance.
http://members.aol.com/tapestrylj/TAPESTRY...

Federica Calvino Prina
Musicienne, chorégraphe, choréologue, enseignante et danseuse renaissance et baroque. Publications, cours, conférences, productions, concerts et festivals.
http://xoomer.alice.it/fecalvin/

Oxford Historical Dance Society
Runs one-day workshops in different dance styles from 1450 to the 1940s. Information about workshops and membership.
http://www.freewebs.com/ohds/

Hof-Dantzer
Dancers from Austria, Germany and the Netherlands whose repertoire includes baroque stage dance, domestic dance from the Biedermeier period, and ballroom dance from the Strauss era. Includes information about their CDs of dance music, and CD-ROM on baroque dance.
http://www.hofdantzer.at/index_engl.htm

Nonsuch
History and dance company. Information about classes, performance and education services, and books and tapes for sale.
http://www.nonsuch-history-and-dance.org.u...

Saltatio Vitae
Historické tance z období gotiky, renesance a baroka, scénické pořady inspirované obdobím starověku i středověku, tance spojené s lidovými obyčeji, svátky a zvyky.
http://saltatiovitae.wz.cz/

Earthly Delights
Music and dance band. Information about their instruments, performances, dance classes, dance history, dance terms, and some instructions for dances.
http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/

The Calendar of Historical Dance
Upcoming events including classes, summer schools, performances and balls. Plus, links organized by country, period and type, facsimiles of early 18th-century choreographies from the Library of Congress, and photos.
http://www.early-dance.de/

Teatro Arcimboldo
Renaissance and baroque dance-theater ensemble based in Switzerland. Information about performances, classes and recordings.
http://www.arcimboldo.ch/teatro-english/

MSN Learning & Research: Popular and Social Dance
From the early middle ages to the 1990s.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/Ref...

The Elegant Arts Society
Information about renaissance, English regency, and vintage dance. Upcoming events in northeastern US, and classes in New York City.
http://www.elegantarts.org/

Kickback
Verna Wass teaches traditional and historical dance for schools and other groups: from medieval line dances to the 20th century. Also available for displays, ceilidhs and barn dances.
http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.uk/

Dance Through Time
Company that researches, preserves, presents, and educates the public about Western social dances from the 15th century to the present, based in San Francisco. Includes information about upcoming performances, and hiring the company for teaching or performance.
http://www.dancethroughtime.org/

Lucretia
Skupina tanečníků zabývající se studiem a interpretací historických tanců z období od ranné gotiky po pozdní baroko, scénických tanců inspirovaných historií a cikánských tanců.
http://lucretia.euweb.cz/

Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
Society aiming to promote teaching, performance and research in European dance from the 15th to the 19th century. Includes information about the journal "Historical Dance", books, practice tapes, conferences, summer schools, and a list of dance groups in the UK.
http://www.dhds.org.uk/

The Early Dance Consort
Based in Sydney, Australia. Offers classes and performances in renaissance and baroque dance.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/earlydancecons...

Dance History Teachers Discussion Group
Discussion archives, and information about subscribing.
http://lists.fsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/dhtd...

Coranto
Group working on dance from mediaeval times to the late 18th century. Information about concerts, educational services, and publications.
http://corantoearlydance.com/

The Arbeau Dancers
Group based in West Yorkshire performing dances from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Site includes information about their programmes.
http://www.arbeaudancers.org.uk/

Het Instituut voor Historische DansPraktijk
Onderzoek naar de historische dansvormen (van de 15de tot 19de eeuw) op wetenschappelijke grondslag en daadwerkelijke praktisering van de dans: danstechnische klassen en voorstellingen.
http://www.historicaldance.com/

We Make History
Organizes Colonial, Regency and Victorian dance events throughout the Southwestern United States. Site provides information about upcoming balls, and introductions to the etiquette and clothing of each period.
http://members.aol.com/wemakehistory/main....

The Early Dance Circle
Umbrella organization for early dance. Includes information about membership and events, and an overview of Western dance from the middle ages to the 19th century.
http://homepages.tesco.net/~rostibolli/

Choregraphie Antique
Dance history ensemble of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Performs ballroom dances of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Calendar of upcoming performances.
http://www.goucher.edu/choregraphieantique...

Yesteryears Dancers
American colonial to vintage dance performances and workshops. Includes information about upcoming events.
http://www.yesteryearsdancers.com/

Società di Danza
Scopo dell'associazione è lo studio, la diffusione e la pratica di danze storiche,in particolare le danze di società del XIX secolo.
http://www.societadidanza.it/

Library of Congress: Dance Instruction Manuals
Facsimiles and SGML versions of social dance manuals from 1490 to 1920. Also includes video clips and an essay giving an overview of the collection.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/

ZeitenTanz
Association to promote historical dance in Austria, based in Vienna. Includes information about workshops and their baroque dance summer school, and an overview of dance styles from from the renaissance to the early 19th century.
http://www.zeitentanz.at/index_engl.htm

Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS)
Organization dedicated to Western and non-Western dance history, with working groups in early dance and reconstruction. Includes information about publications and conferences, and links organized by subject.
http://www.sdhs.org/

Plaisir Courtois
Dance group from Groningen, The Netherlands. Includes background information on renaissance, baroque and Viennese dance.
http://www.plaisircourtois.nl/cgi-bin/inde...

Early Dance at Longy
Annual summer workshop in baroque and late renaissance dance, taught by Ken Pierce. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
http://web.mit.edu/kpierce/www/longy/

New York Historical Dance Company
Offers workshops and performances in 15th to early 20th century dance. Includes information about services and products for sale.
http://www.newyorkhistoricaldance.com/

The Companie of Dansers
Company directed by Madeleine Inglehearn. Information about baroque and renaissance dance classes, hiring the company, and their publications.
http://www.geocities.com/companieofdansers...

California Heritage Dancers
Group recreating the American dances that evolved into modern square-dancing: from the English country dances of the 1700s, to the present day. Includes descriptions of the dances, and information about performances and rehearsals.
http://www.heritagedance.com/

Historic and Vintage Dance Teaching and Performance
16th century to 1920s social dance. Includes information about vintage dance events in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.lavoltapress.com/dance/

Sub Topics:
United Kingdom
English Country
Colonial
Baroque
Vintage
Renaissance
English Regency
Medieval


Related Topics:
Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Ballet: History
Recreation: Living History
Arts: Performing Arts: Theatre: Physical Theatre: Mask: Commedia Dell'Arte



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