Historical Dance Performing Arts Arts and Entertainment United Kingdom

Historical dances are old dances that have been reconstructed from the contemporary records such as books and manuscripts, paintings or drawings, and film. The dances themselves may be reconstructions from written or notated choreographies, or dances in an old style using steps and movements appropriate to the period.

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• Consort de Danse Baroque - Company directed by Philippa Waite. Information about classes, their summer school, and products for sale.
  
• The Jane Austen Dancers - Group based in South West England. Information about classes, public balls and performances.
  
• Early Dance Circle - Umbrella organisation for early dance. Includes information about membership and events, and an overview of Western dance from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
  
• Coranto - Group working on dance from medieval times to the late 18th century. Information about concerts, educational services, and publications.
  
• Bath Minuet Company - Information about dance classes, the annual Bath Georgian Ball, and photo galleries.
  
• Hertfordshire Early Dance - Renaissance and English country dance group. Information about classes and social events, dance cheat-sheets, and photos.
  
• Kickback - Verna Wass teaches traditional and historical dance for schools and other groups: from medieval line dances to the 20th century. Also available for displays, ceilidhs and barn dances.
  
• Nonsuch - History and dance company. Information about classes, performance and education services, and books and tapes for sale.
  
• Renaissance Footnotes - Performing name of Basingstoke Early Dance - performing social dances from between 1450 and 1650. Information about classes and performances.
  
• The Hampshire Regency Dancers - Information about dance meetings, events, and booking their performing group.
  
• The Regency Assembly - Regency dance group based in Birmingham organising classes, balls and performances. Includes information about events, the dances, and a photo gallery.
  
• Renaissance Historical Dance Society - Devonshire based group specializing in 15th to 17th century dances. Includes information about their performances, photos, and a diary of upcoming events.
  
• Chalemie - Baroque music, dance and commedia; performance and teaching. Information about concerts, classes with Barbara Segal, and their summer school concentrating on 17th and 18th century English repertoire.
  
• The Companie of Dansers - Company directed by Madeleine Inglehearn. Information about Baroque and Renaissance dance classes, hiring the company, and their publications.
  
• The Arbeau Dancers - Group based in West Yorkshire performing dances from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Information about their programmes.
  
• Ellis Rogers and Quadrille Club - Includes information about classes in London, his book "The Quadrille", and a photo gallery.
  
  

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