Events Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/events celebrating dance from the 12th to the 20th century Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:01:07 +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 Events Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/events 32 32 Summer School 2026: Dancing in the Ballrooms of 18th century England and France https://historicaldance.org.uk/summer-school-2026-dancing-in-the-ballrooms-of-18th-century-england-and-france Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:45:14 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6233 Open for bookings.
Bromsgrove, West Midlands, 10-17 July 2026. Nicolle Klinkeberg: “La Belle Dance” – Baroque from the Ballroom. Anne Daye: Country dances, Cotillions and the Ballroom Minuet. Ann Hinchliffe: English Country Dances (weekend course).

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]]> The Boone Companion Launch Day https://historicaldance.org.uk/the-boone-companion-launch-day Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:11:38 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6222 A day of dance led by Ann and Paul Kent, authors of The Boone Companion to launch its publication.
Saturday 14th March 2026 10.30 to 16.30 in St Albans. They will introduce and teach a selection of dances from their book 'The Boone Companion', which consists of dances of mid-seventeenth-century England from the Pattricke, Sloane, Lansdowne manuscripts, all of which are hitherto unpublished sources.

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]]> Weekend course: Dance, music and masquing at the court of Elizabeth I https://historicaldance.org.uk/weekend-course-dance-music-and-masquing-at-the-court-of-elizabeth-i Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:36:31 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6054 Friday 16 to Sunday 18 January 2026 at Halsway Manor, west Somerset.
A friendly house-party based on re-creating the Masque of Diana and Actaeon, performed at the court of Elizabeth I. Tutors are Ann Hinchliffe (beginners and improvers), Anne Daye (experienced dancers), and Sam Brown (musicians).

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]]> Day Course: 18th Century Dances with Sam Gosk https://historicaldance.org.uk/day-course-18th-century-dances-with-sam-gosk Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:57:54 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5987 London 22 November 2025.
18th century Allemande, Cotillions and Country Dances.
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.

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]]> Day Course: More Dancing Like a Tudor https://historicaldance.org.uk/day-course-more-dancing-like-a-tudor Sat, 24 May 2025 15:08:56 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5818 Experience dances of Queen Elizabeth’s court. Saturday 20th September 2025 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.

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]]> Playford’s Dance Steps https://historicaldance.org.uk/playfords-dance-steps Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:21:46 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5753 Saturday 10 May, 10:00 – 17:00, Newcastle under Lyme. Spend a lively day learning well-known and less well-known Playford dances, with the steps that people of the time would have danced.

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]]> Summer School 2025: Dancing at the Late Renaissance Courts of Italy, England and France https://historicaldance.org.uk/summer-school-2025-dancing-at-the-late-renaissance-courts-of-italy-england-and-france-2 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:46:37 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5645 The 55th Historical Dance Society Annual Summer School was held from Friday 11th to Friday 18th July 2025 at Bromsgrove School, West Midlands, B61 7HP (Weekend course also available)
Tutors: Markus Lehner, Anne Daye and Roger Huggett

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]]> Day Course: A Regency Dance Day with Richard Powers https://historicaldance.org.uk/day-course-a-regency-dance-day-with-richard-powers Wed, 22 May 2024 14:02:36 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5355 Saturday 3rd August 2024 10.30 -17.30.

St Pancras Church House, Lancing Street near Euston Station, London NW1 1NA.

Enjoy a whole day of dancing country dances, cotillons and quadrilles for £40 per person (£35 for students and dancers on a low income).

Richard Powers is a dance historian and teacher specialising in 19th century American and social dances.

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]]> Day course: Dance like a Tudor https://historicaldance.org.uk/day-course-dance-like-a-tudor Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:25:16 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5306 An introduction to dances of Queen Elizabeth’s court Saturday 5th October 2024 10.30 – 16.30 St Pancras Church House, 1 Lancing Street, London NW1 1NA Teachers: Ann Hinchliffe and Helen Young What kind of dances did the Tudor court enjoy? Was dance important at the Tudor court? What were the dances mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays? […]

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]]> Summer School 2024: Strictly Victorian https://historicaldance.org.uk/summer-school-2024-strictly-victorian Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:11:31 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5094 The 54th Historical Dance Society Annual Summer School was held from Friday 12th to Friday 19th July 2024 at Bromsgrove School, West Midlands, B61 7HP (Weekend course also available)
Tutors: Birte Hoffmann-Cabenda, Sam Gosk and Libby Curzon

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