Education Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/education celebrating dance from the 12th to the 20th century Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:05:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historicaldance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-ms-icon-310x310-1-32x32.png Education Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/education 32 32 Baroque period https://historicaldance.org.uk/baroque-period Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:21:21 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=949 A discussion of Baroque dance notation. Louis XIV ordered academicians to invent a notational system to record dances. At least four systems were in progress in the 1680s, one of which, now known as Beauchamp-Feuillet notation, came to disseminate dances of French style across Europe by means of printing/publishing businesses.

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]]> Live music for early dance https://historicaldance.org.uk/live-music-early-dance Sun, 16 Feb 2020 23:34:37 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=749 Dancers and musicians support each other in their performances. Find out more about the practicalities of live historical music for early dance.

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]]> Tips to encourage the use of live music for historic dance https://historicaldance.org.uk/live-music Sun, 16 Feb 2020 23:23:38 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=744 Many historical performances of dance impress greatly with the meticulous research, careful practice, attention to style, and accurate costumes only to disappoint when a member of the group (or if lucky, a clued in helper) rushes over to press the button for music. Sometimes there ensues a ghastly pause, or even the strains of the […]

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]]> What is historical dance? https://historicaldance.org.uk/what-is-historical-dance Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:29:39 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=82 A very brief overview of some of the periods and dances covered by the term 'historical dance'.

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