We promote the study, practice, education, and public engagement in the performance, music, and costume of European and other dances from the 15th to 20th centuries as recorded in the sources of the period.
If you’re looking for information about historical dances, or maybe some music or video footage, please contact us and we’ll be delighted to help you.
Explore our website to learn more about our workshops, study days and annual summer schools, as well as the publications, journal and resources available to members and non-members.
St Pancras Church House, London. Saturday 16th January 2027 10.30 to 4.30.
The day will include a selection of 15th century dances suitable for anyone new to 15th century dance or anyone wanting a refresher class.
St Pancras Church House, 1 Lancing Street, London NW1 1NA
Saturday 7th November 10.30 to 4.30
Come and enjoy dancing the elegant and iconic 18th century Allemande with its characteristic steps, turns and interlacing holds as used in the cotillions and country dances.
Sam Gosk is an IDTA qualified dance teacher with 20 years’ experience in teaching and performing.
Read more… Day course: 18th century Allemande Academy with Sam Gosk
Experience dances of Queen Elizabeth’s court. Saturday 28th November 2026 10.30 – 16.30. St Pancras Church House, 1 Lancing Street, London NW1 1NA. Find out about, and try for yourself, dances from the Tudor court.
This will be a day full of dance, and you will also learn about the place and practice of dancing within the social scene at court and in the wider country.
Friday 9th to Friday 16th July 2026.
Bromsgrove School, West Midlands, B61 7HP.
Weekend course also available
Tutors: Markus Lehner, Italy; Anne Daye, England
Read more… Summer School 2027: Dancing in the Time of Shakespeare in England and Italy
Dances for Queen Victoria presents a collection of dances that were taught to Queen Victoria’s children by Edinburgh dancing master Joseph Lowe, accompanied with new recordings of the music and new essays that shed light on the collection’s historical context and significance.
Dances of mid-seventeenth-century England from the Pattricke, Sloane, Lansdowne manuscripts & Playford by Paul and Ann Kent. The book contains instructions for 18 dances from the three manuscripts and reworking of two Playford dances.