baroque Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/tag/baroque celebrating dance from the 12th to the 20th century Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:33:10 +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 baroque Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/tag/baroque 32 32 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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]]> 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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]]> International Historical Dance Symposium 2026 https://historicaldance.org.uk/international-historical-dance-symposium-2026 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:55:21 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5635 Call for contributions for the International Historical Dance Symposium 3-7 June 2026 at Burg Rothenfels in Germany with the theme "Transitions" Dance in Times of Change 1400 - 1900.

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]]> The Early Dance Circle Conference 2024 https://historicaldance.org.uk/the-early-dance-circle-conference-2024 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:55:59 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5273 The Early Dance Circle (EDC) Biennial Conference will be held 10-12 May 2024. The Conference brings together international specialists on historical dance topics spanning six centuries of dance history. The theme is Recovering Historical Dance.

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]]> Weekend course ‘Dancing Well, Dancing Longer’ https://historicaldance.org.uk/weekend-course-dancing-well-dancing-longer Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:57:49 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=4289 Led by Kath Waters, the course runs from Friday 3 to Sunday 5 February 2023 at Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RB. Participants will explore dances from the Renaissance and Baroque periods with a focus on the development and application of technical skills and safe dance practice. The first evening and each morning will start with a general warm […]

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]]> WEEKEND COURSE – 1 & 2 October 2022 https://historicaldance.org.uk/weekend-course-1-2-october-2022 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:04:57 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=4153 Dance in the Spanish Golden Age Saturday 1 Oct 2022 10:30–17:00 and Sunday 2 Oct 2022 10:30–17:00  Springs Dance Studio (South Bank Arts Centre), Bedford College, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AH. The course will be led by Ana Yepes, an exceptional dancer and powerhouse of enthusiasm. Ana will bring her expertise gleaned from many years […]

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]]> 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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]]> Study Forum 1: Reconstructing Technique – Creating Performance (2013) https://historicaldance.org.uk/reconstructing-technique Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:36:47 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2169 Goldsmiths, University of London, 23-24 March 2013 Two days of practical workshops and presentations, guided by leading researchers, teachers and performers. Due to the practical nature of most of the sessions, the proceedings were not published. One of the papers is available to download Roger Clegg, Lucie Skeaping and Anne Daye – Singing Simpkin and […]

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]]> On Common Ground 7: Kings and Commoners: Dances of Display for Court, City and Country (2009) https://historicaldance.org.uk/on-common-ground-7 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:30:11 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2160 On Common Ground 7: Kings and Commoners: Dances of Display for Court, City and Country (2009). Proceedings of the conference.

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]]> On Common Ground 6: The Minuet in Time and Space (2007) https://historicaldance.org.uk/time-and-space Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:22:14 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2151 On Common Ground 6: The Minuet in Time and Space (2007). Proceedings of the conference.

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