Renaissance Dance Links

Good Introductory Sites

• Renaissance Dance -- introduction, brief descriptions of dance steps and video clips, facsimile copies of original dancing manuals.
• Early Music and Renaissance Music

Renaissance Dance Sites and Sources

• Casazza's Renaissance Dance Sources -- transcriptions and choreographies.
• Dance Books Ltd. -- not the cheapest, but one of the most comprehensive selections of historical dance books available for purchase. Listings include a brief description of the book's contents.
• Del's Dance Book -- transcriptions, choreographies, articles, music, etc.
• International Encyclopedia of Dance -- excellent, comprehensive, and well worth the cost!
• Rendance - excellent bibliography of primary and secondary sources, the Rendance discussion list with archives, and related links.
• Robert Keller's The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Combendium -- searchable database of all Playford dances (all editions) with links to facsimiles of original music and instructions.
• Russel Almond's Early Dance Music -- scores and midi files of SCA dance music, some broken links.
• SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage -- transcriptions, choreographies, and relevant links.

Renaissance Dance Groups

• Bedford Early Dance and Music -- British historical dance group, offers workshops
• Calendar of Historical Dance -- listing of dance groups and individual instructors, mostly European
• Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society -- British historical dance society, offers workshops, publications, sponsors conferences, etc.
• Folia, Ensemble for Renaisance and Baroque Dance -- Netherlands-based historical dance group, offers workshops, publications, etc.
• The Institute of Historical Dance -- Belgian historical dance group, offers workshops
• La Rossingnol -- Italian historical dance group, offers courses, performances
• New York Historical Dance Company -- New York City-based dance group, offers workshops, performances, publications
• Nonsuch Early Dance -- British/Spanish historical dance group, offers workshops, publications

Historical Dance Summer Institutes and Workshops

• Calendar of Historical Dance -- event listings, mostly European, some North American.

Europe
• Bagnacavallo Early Music and Dance Workshop (Italy) -- Renaissance and Baroque dance, instrumental, and vocal performance classes.
• Early Dance Courses at Urbino Early Music (Italy) -- Renaissance and Baroque dance classes.
• Folia Summer School (France) -- late Renaissance and Baroque dance. (See "Diary" for details.)


United Kingdom
• DHDS Summer School -- annual program, with time period of study changing each year, from 15th to 19th centuries.
• Nonsuch Summer Course -- annual program, whirlwind tour of social dances from 15th to 19th centuries.

USA
• Early Dance at Longy -- classes in Renaissance and Baroque dance and in Baroque dance notation.
• Historical Dance Program at the Amherst Early Music Festival -- classes in Renaissance and Baroque dance and in Baroque dance notation.
• Stanford Historical Dance Week -- top teachers teach social dances from 15th to 20th centuries. Can concentrate on one period or mix & match.

Dance History Organizations

• Congress On Research in Dance (CORD) -- American/international organization promoting dance research, publishing, and discussion in all areas of dance, sponsors annual conference and published proceedings, awards, and publishes the Dance Research Journal
• Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (DHDS) -- British historical dance society, offers workshops, publications, sponsors conferences, etc.
• Early Dance Circle (EDC) -- British umbrella organization for historical dance groups, produces event listings and newsletter
• English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) -- British historical music and dance organization, offers events, publications, and the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
• European Association of Dance Historians (EADH) -- European professional society for dance historians of all periods, bi-annual conference and published conference proceedings, newsletter, etc.
• Rendance - scholarly Renaissance dance discussion list plus archives, bibliography, and other resources
• Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) -- dance-related e-mail discussion list and archives for the SCA
• Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) -- American professional society for dance historians of all periods, annual conference and published conference proceedings, awards, etc.
• Society for Dance Research (SDR) -- UK-based, promotes dance research and events of all types, historical and otherwise, publishes Dance Research journal and conference proceedings

Relevant Scholarly Journals for Shakespearean and Renaissance Dance

• Dance Research -- refereed journal addressing all genres and periods of dance
• Dance Research Journal -- scholarly journal with articles and reviews on all genres and periods of dance
• Past and Present -- refereed history journal, particularly social and cultural history of all periods
• Renaissance Quarterly -- refereed journal publishing interdisciplinary articles and reviews in all aspects of Renaissance studies
• Shakespeare Quarterly -- refereed journal of current Shakespeare scholarship, articles and reviews often relevant to, and occasionally address historical dance
• Sixteenth Century Journal -- refereed journal publishing interdisciplinary articles and reviews on all aspects of the sixteenth century.

Where to Study Dance History -- Degree Programs

Europe
• Danshögskolan - University College of Dance -- diploma in historical dance (Swedish proficiency required)

United Kingdom
• University of Surrey Roehampton -- Dance (MPhil/PhD); Shakespeare and Performance (MA/PGDip)
• University of Surrey Guildford -- Dance Studies (MPhil/PhD)

USA
• University of California Riverside -- Dance History & Theory (PhD)
• Temple University -- Dance (PhD)
• Texas Women's University -- Dance (PhD)
• General Dance Programs - links

Historical Dance Libraries, Collections, and Archives

Canada
• Centre for Research in Early English Drama -- affiliated with the University of Toronto

United Kingdom
• The Theatre Museum, the National Museum of the Performing Arts -- London (search special collections)
• Vaughan Williams Memorial Library -- early music and dance collections -- Cecil Sharp House, London

USA
• Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -- New York City
• The Ohio State University Music and Dance Library -- Columbus, Ohio
• Performing Arts Reading Room (Library of Congress) -- Washington, D.C.
• The University of Kansas Thomas Gorton Music and Dance Library -- Lawrence, Kansas

Shakespeare and English Renaissance Drama

• The Complete Works of Shakespare -- MIT-run site
• Early Modern Resources -- wide variety of links to history, literature, and art sites for 1500-1800
• Gabrial Egan's Drama Database -- contains comprehensive list of links to scripts
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Biographical Index to the Elizabethan Theater
• Shakespeare Online Links
• Records of Early English Drama -- Toronto-based Centre for Research in Early English Drama
• Renascence Editions -- extensive online collection of works printed in English from 1477-1799
• Royal Shakespeare Company Performance Database -- information about plays, productions, and artists involved with the RSC since 1879
• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust -- Stratford-on-Avon
• Shakespeare's Globe -- current productions and educational resources for the New Globe Theatre
• World Shakespeare Bibliography (members only)

Renaissance Costumes

• The Elizabethan Costuming Page - patterns, pictures, and useful links
• The Faire Ladies - expensive but beautiful Renaissance costumes
• Silks & Velvets - fellow Kansan Yosa's sumptuous Renaissance gowns

Other Music, Theatre, and Dance Links

• Dance Links
• Dance Notation Bureau
• This Month in Dance History...
• The English Consort
• International Wenches Guild
• Renaissance Links
• Renaissance Wind Instruments
• Theater History and Early Music Links

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