research Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/tag/research celebrating dance from the 12th to the 20th century Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:37:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historicaldance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-ms-icon-310x310-1-32x32.png research Archives – The Historical Dance Society https://historicaldance.org.uk/tag/research 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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]]> The Early Dance Circle Lecture 2025 https://historicaldance.org.uk/the-early-dance-circle-lecture-2025 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:04:20 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=5639 Reconstructing Seventeenth-Century Maypole Dance: Dance, Experience, Culture. Main Speaker: Bryony May Kummer-Seddon (Associate Lecturer, University of Lincoln) with comments about modern Maypole dancing by Mike Ruff. 28 February 2025, 7:30 pm, on Zoom. Bryony’s lecture will explore the reconstruction of historic maypole dancing, and its associated traditions, with a focus on seventeenth century England.

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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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]]> New journal article https://historicaldance.org.uk/new-journal-article Sun, 02 Oct 2022 16:56:38 +0000 https://historicaldance.org.uk/?p=4188 The Cotillon: its origins, development and demise by Anne Daye. This account focuses on the origins and development of the cotillon in France and its adoption in England. Discussion of alterations in the practice of the cotillon in France reveals its metamorphosis into a distinct new genre of quadrille, also adopted in England, leading to […]

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]]> On Common Ground 5: Dance in Drama, Drama in Dance (2005) https://historicaldance.org.uk/on-common-ground-5 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:41:48 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2140 On Common Ground 5: Dance in Drama, Drama in Dance (2005). Proceedings of the conference.

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]]> On Common Ground 4: The Problems of Reconstruction and Re-creation in Dance (2003) https://historicaldance.org.uk/reconstruction-recreation Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:33:53 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2123 On Common Ground 4: The Problems of Reconstruction and Re-creation in Dance (2003). Proceedings of the conference.

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]]> On Common Ground 3: John Playford and the English Dancing Master (2001) https://historicaldance.org.uk/playford-conference Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:55:01 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2095 On Common Ground 3: John Playford and the English Dancing Master (2001). Proceedings of the conference.

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]]> On Common Ground 2: Continuity and Change (1998) https://historicaldance.org.uk/continuity-and-change Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:39:07 +0000 https://development.historicaldance.org.uk/?p=2079 On Common Ground 2: Continuity and Change (1998). Proceedings of the conference.

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