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It is not always clear, if at all, where the demarcation between 'folk dance' and 'historic dance' lies, and the study of one perforce includes the other. | |||
==Internet Resources== | ==Internet Resources== | ||
There is a further list of historical British dance material the Russian site, | A long list of historical dance instruction manuals have been digitised by the [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dicatlg.html Library of Congress]. Includes Arbeau, Weaver, Feuillet, Playford, Wilson et.al. | ||
There is a further list of historical British dance material the Russian site, [http://www.rondino.spb.ru/cdboooks The St.Petersburg Ball] | |||
Many dances can be found together with the tunes for those dances, and you will find links to them if you look on the [[List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet|Tunebooks List]] | Many later dances can be found together with the tunes for those dances, and you will find links to them if you look on the [[List of historical tunebooks, some of which are available on the internet|Tunebooks List]] | ||
A treasure trove website with much of great interest to say about historic dance is the [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance.html Society for Creative Anachronism] | A treasure trove website with much of great interest to say about historic dance is the [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance.html Society for Creative Anachronism] | ||
The [http://www.dhds.org.uk/index.html Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society] | |||
'''The Pattricke/Lovelace MS''' | '''The Pattricke/Lovelace MS''' | ||
A very interesting little-known English manuscript from the early 17th century containing the instructions for thirty two country dances has been discovered relatively recently. More information and an analysis of the dances can be found [http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~white/dlovelace.html | A very interesting little-known English manuscript from the early 17th century containing the instructions for thirty two country dances has been discovered relatively recently. More information and an analysis of the dances can be found on [http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~white/dlovelace.html Dafydd Cyhoeddwr's website] | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 18 January 2013
It is not always clear, if at all, where the demarcation between 'folk dance' and 'historic dance' lies, and the study of one perforce includes the other.
Internet Resources
A long list of historical dance instruction manuals have been digitised by the Library of Congress. Includes Arbeau, Weaver, Feuillet, Playford, Wilson et.al.
There is a further list of historical British dance material the Russian site, The St.Petersburg Ball
Many later dances can be found together with the tunes for those dances, and you will find links to them if you look on the Tunebooks List
A treasure trove website with much of great interest to say about historic dance is the Society for Creative Anachronism
The Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
The Pattricke/Lovelace MS
A very interesting little-known English manuscript from the early 17th century containing the instructions for thirty two country dances has been discovered relatively recently. More information and an analysis of the dances can be found on Dafydd Cyhoeddwr's website
Playford's Dancing Master
Follow this link to John Playford