For dancers Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/for-dancers celebrating dance from the 12th to the 20th century Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:12:49 +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 For dancers Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/category/for-dancers 32 32 The Early Dance Circle Lecture 2026 https://historicaldance.org.uk/the-early-dance-circle-lecture-2026 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:49:50 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6327 The Greensleeves Project: Clothing in Early Modern Music and Dance.
Speaker: Tamsin Lewis FRHistS
28 February 2026, 3 pm London N1 1BQ
The Greensleeves Project brings history to life. Under Tamsin Lewis’s direction, a team of historians and makers recreated My Lady’s clothing, accessories, and more in a captivating video. Hear directly from Tamsin Lewis about the research and making of the Greensleeves Project.

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]]> 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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]]> New Book and CDs: Dances for Queen Victoria https://historicaldance.org.uk/dances-for-queen-victoria-book-with-2-cds Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:26:47 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6145 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.

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]]> International Historical Dance Symposium 2026 https://historicaldance.org.uk/international-historical-dance-symposium-2026-2 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:36:18 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=6091 Registrations are open for the 6th Historical Dance Symposium. “Transitions” – Dance in times of Change, 1400–1900. 3–7 June 2026, Burg Rothenfels am Main, Germany. The focus will be on the changes and developments that social and stage dance underwent during the turbulent years from 1400 to 1900. The conference will be preceded by a high-quality baroque dance course that can be combined with the symposium: “The Art of Dancing” – Kellom Tomlinson and the Beauty of Port de Bras, with Caroline Copeland, USA

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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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]]> New book and CD: The Boone Companion https://historicaldance.org.uk/new-book-and-cd-the-boone-companion Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:48:05 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5934 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.

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]]> New book and CD: Dances of the French Courts https://historicaldance.org.uk/new-book-and-cd-dances-of-the-french-courts Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:06:44 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5886 Dances of the French Courts: 16th century Dance, Music and Songs from France, is a collection of dances and their music from the reign of François I (1515-1547) to that of the young Louis XIII in 1614 researched by Anne Daye with music recorded by Passomezzo directed by Tamsin Lewis.

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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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