Links and Useful Resources

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UK Early Dance

Dolmetsch Dance Page - Information and events connected with early dance.

The Early Dance Circle - Umbrella organisation for early dance in the UK.

Renaissance Footnotes - Practice and perform the social dances of the period between 1450 and 1650. They are based in Basingstoke.

Bedford Early Dance and Music - Organise historical dance workshops and social events in and around Bedford.

Coranto Early Dance and Music - Dorset and South West based group.

Renaissance Historical Dance Society - A Devon based historical dance group specialising in the performance of 15th, 16th and 17th century dances from England and the Continent, contemporary crafts and social activities.

Pastime - South London (Orpington) based group.

The Covent Garden Minuet Company - Their aim is to create and perform the social dances of the 18th century, in particular the minuet, recapturing the spirit and atmosphere of the grand events that took place in the Georgian Assembly Rooms.

Minstrels Gallery - This group of performing musicians based in Norwich, include among their many concert programmes one centred on dance, entitled 'Waits and Measures'.

Links outside the UK

Rendance - European dance links.

Il Leoncello - Main site in Italian with many useful early music and historical dance links.

Danserey Renaissance Dance Group - German (Bavarian) based group.

The Calendar of Historical Dance - European, including UK, early dance groups and events.