Historical Resources

Internet Resources

A long list of historical dance instruction manuals have been digitised here, courtesy of 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 [1]

The Pattricke/Lovelace MS

A little-known English manuscript from the early 17th century containing the instructions for thirty two dances has been discovered relatively recently. More information and an analysis of the dances can be found here on Dafydd Cyhoeddwr's website.