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28Jun 2005 by EmilyBowen

On Common Ground 5: Dance in Drama, Drama in Dance (2005)

Cecil Sharp House, London, 12 March 2005. All of the papers are available to download. Jeremy Barlow – But at present keep your own secret: Dances in The Beggar's Opera Download Anne Daye – Character in action in the seventeenth-century antimaque Download Hazel Dennison – The significance of drama created through gesture in European dance sources 1450-1720 Download Moria Goff – Weaver, words and dancing in The Judgement of Paris Download Jennifer Kiek – We'll have a crash here in the yard! English country dance in early modern stage plays.Not included in the printed proceedings Download Cecilia Nocilli – La presa di Granata and Il Tronfo de la Fama: the dance in the farces of Iacopo Sannazaro (1492) Download Jennifer Thorp – Drama and dance in Le Ballet de la…

28Jun 2003 by EmilyBowen

On Common Ground 4: The Problems of Reconstruction and Re-creation in Dance (2003)

Conference publications

Cecil Sharp House, London, 29 March 2003 The conference provided an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to discuss with colleagues the issues strategies, results and rationales for reconstruction and re-creation in historical dance. The one-day conference attracted over 60 participants from Britain, continental Europe and the USA to explore the problems of reconstructing dances from verbal descriptions and notated scores, and the value of re-creating dances from contextual information. The speakers presented case studies spanning the period from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Most of the papers are available to download. Patri J. Pugliese – Dancing and fencing from the Renaissance to the 19th century Download Diana Cruickshank – Theres many a slip: the interpretation of 15th-century Italian dance Download David Wilson – Problems and possible solutions in…

28Jun 2001 by EmilyBowen

On Common Ground 3: John Playford and the English Dancing Master (2001)

Conference publications

Cecil Sharp House, London, 24-25 March 2001 Jointly organised with the English Folk Dance and Song Society Over 200 people from both the historical dance and folk dance worlds in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Sweden and the USA gathered in London for this event jointly organised by the HDS and The English Folk Dance and Song Society. The formal paper presentations were divided into five sessions over the two days. All of the papers are available to download. Jennifer Kiek – 'That againe': an Exploration of the Formulaic Sequences in early English Country Dance Download Anne Daye – Taking the Measure of Dance Steps 1650-1700, through the Publications of John Playford Download Jeremy Barlow – Tunes in The English Dancing Master 1651: John Playford's Accidental Misprints?…

06Sep 1999 by David Parsons

Historical Dance Volume 3

Journal

Historical Dance – The Journal of HDS (ISSN 0261-0965) The opinions expressed in articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor of Historical Dance or the committee of HDS. Volume 3, Number 6, 1999 Dance Steps and Music in the Gresley Manuscript Jennifer Nevile Page 2-19 Download Performing Gresley Dances: the View from the Floor David Wilson Page 20-22 Download The "London" Dupré Moira Goff Page 23-26 Download On the Setting of Music to the 15th Century Italian Dances Basil Lewin Page 27-29 Download Volume 3, Number 5, 1998 Viganò, the Coreodramma and the Language of Gesture Giannandrea Poesio Page 3-8 Download Resources for the Study of 19th Century Social Dance Ellis Rogers Page 9-12 Download 'Sò ben mi chi ha buon tempo' by Cesare Negri David R. Wilson Page…

28Jun 1998 by EmilyBowen

On Common Ground 2: Continuity and Change (1998)

Conference publications

London, 14 March 1998 The conference explored the concepts of continuity and change as seen in the sources for historical dance, and in current research, re-creation and performance. All of the papers are available to download. Barbara Sparti – Early Dance research and performance: past, present and future (Keynote paper) Download Hazel Dennison – Beyond the ballroom: dance as theatre art in 15th-century Europe Download Michael E. Lutz – Continuity and change within the two dance treatises of Fabritio Caroso Download Diana Cruickshank – Caroso's two versions of 'Allegrezza d'Amore' Download Jennifer Thorp – The effectiveness of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation as a means of recording dance in the eigtheenth century Download Helene Kázarová – One music - two dances: Sarabande by Lully Download Madeleine Inglehearn – Queen Anne's dancing master Download…

22Feb 1996 by EmilyBowen

On Common Ground (1996)

Conference publications

Middlesex University School of Dance, incorporating The London College of Dance, Bedford, 24 February 1996 On Common Ground was organised by the HDS, with the assistance of Middlesex University School of Dance, as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The aim of the conference was to explore the common ground of the principles and concepts of historical dance shared by researchers and practitioners in the field by bringing together people who value a valid and informed representation of dance of the 15th-19th century in their work and study. It was attended by teachers, researchers, performers, choreographers and students. The common ground was marked out by the sources they all share in arriving at a representation of dancing in the past. All of the papers are available to download. Ivor Guest…

06Sep 1988 by David Parsons

Historical Dance Volume 2

Journal

Historical Dance – The Journal of HDS (ISSN 0261-0965) The opinions expressed in articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor of Historical Dance or the committee of HDS. Volume 2, Number 6, 1988-91 'Damnes' as described by Domenico, Cornazano and Guglielmo D.R. Wilson Page 3-8 Download The puzzle of the squiggle Ian Gatiss Page 9-11 Download Skill and invention in the Renaissance ballroom Anne Daye Page 12-15 Download Women and dancing after the Restoration Anne Cottis Page 16-20 Download The dancing-master, a satyr Anon Page 21-23 Download Early dance and education in the 1980s Judy Smith Page 24-28 Download Volume 2, Number 5, 1986-87 Dancing in the Inns of Court D.R. Wilson Page 3-16 Download "E poi se piglieno per mano" - a brief study of hand holds in…

05Sep 1979 by David Parsons

Historical Dance Volume 1

Journal

Historical Dance – The Journal of HDS (ISSN 0261-0965) The opinions expressed in articles and reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor of Historical Dance or the committee of HDS. Volume 1, Number 9, 1979 Rameau's "Nouvelle Methode" Part 2 Translated by Ellis A. Rogers Page 3-20 Download The Rehabilitation of André Lorin Lillian Pilling and Julian Pilling Page 21-25 Download Chiaranzana (Marco Fabrizio Caroso, Il Ballarino, 1581) Transcribed by Mabel Dolmetsch Page 26-30 Download Volume 1, Number 8, 1978 Rameau's "Nouvelle Methode" Part 1 Translated by Ellis A. Rogers Page 3-14 Download The Wild Morisco or The Historical Morris Julian Pilling Page 15-21 Download Nobilita d'Amore (Cesare Negri, 1604) Transcribed by Mabel Dolmetsch Page 22-27 Download 'Around the historical' - A survey of dance developments throughout the ages Sophia…