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“Pastime is an enthusiastic group of people interested in authentic period dance and performance. The group was founded in 1980 by Christine Rogers and has evolved into today's company.

Pastime specialises in 15th - 17th century dance with excursions from time to time into the 18th and 19th centuries.“

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“L’Eclat des Muses - Cie Christine Bayle is a baroque dance troupe, research team and school. She creates performances that fall, depending on the project, in either to dance and “live” music, play and drama texts. Her research focuses on the coherence and the interaction of Baroque art, still buried in directories upstream and downstream of the "baroque", on the deepening of knowledge and skills. Finally, she shares practical knowledge to different audiences, teaches amateurs, and since 1983 has formed many professionals …”

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The Cie Fantaisies Baroques aims to promote and disseminate choreographed performances of evening events, educational activities, with the theme of the Renaissance, Baroque and the nineteenth century.

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“Rotruenge is a non-profit organisation formed by Christophe Deslignes in 1996 to introduce as many people as possible to medieval music and dance. It organises recitals and other events, mainly in the Yonne department (Auxerre, Saint-Julien-du-Sault, Seignelay, Georges Hosotte Art Centre in Bailly). In 1997 it started the International Medieval Music and Dance Course and the Saint-Bris Medieval Festival, which the Compagnie Retroencha runs in the medieval village of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux during the first week in August, enabling participants of all ages and abilities to find out or learn more about the song, dance and instrumental music of the period. In addition, a workshop devoted entirely to the reconstruction of medieval dances is held in May each year. Rotruenge is now proposing a series of four master classes at Lissac-sur-Couze, in the Corrèze department, for experienced musicians and existing ensembles.”

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Dance institute of vintage and modern dances.

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“Founded in 1999 by Jadwiga Nowaczek, La Danza München brings historical dances of the 17^th to 19^th century to the performance stage. The ensemble performs in costume after historical models. The members of the ensemble have several years of dance training in the specific language of movement (the meticulous steps and imaginative choreography adequately portray) of each the studied periods. The subtlety of movement, grace and dignity inherent in the courtly dance are important criteria in developing the dances. A hallmark of the ensemble is the homogeneity of the dance movement. This particular component of the geometrical baroque choreographies for dancers and for spectators is understandable. …”

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“Karin Modigh took her first baroque dance steps in her mid-teens, and quickly developed a passion for early dance that has since taken her throughout most of Europe. Today she works professionally as a dancer, choreographer and teacher of baroque and renaissance dance, both within her company Stockholm Baroque Dancers, as well as under her own name. To Karin, baroque dance is a living dance form, just as relevant and fascinating today as it was 300 years ago. …”

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“The Dance Ensemble ROSSINA in Hamburg, under the direction of Birte Hoffmann-Cabenda, was founded in 1982. We are dancing historical dances mainly from renaissance and baroque and are non-professionals. We make our performances in costumes sewed after historical models; when possible accompanied on authentical instruments.

The group members of the group are of mixed ages, new members and visitors are always welcome.“

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“Barbara Segal is a specialist in Baroque Dance, the fashionable dance of Europe from about 1650 to 1750 and what is sometimes considered the forerunner of classical ballet. It originated at the court of Louis XIV and became known as the French noble style, a highly stylised form of baroque dance. This elegant, graceful form of baroque dance rapidly spread throughout Europe.

Not content solely with baroque dance, Barbara has extended her studies and her repertoire to cover the known choreographies in European sources from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These range from the court dances of Italian Renaissance dance masters such as Domenico, Caroso and Negri to Regency dances, including dances of Jane Austen’s time, and dances of  the Victorians. …”

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“Quadrille Club, started in 1984, is essentially a venue for the enjoyment of 19th century dance in a social setting.  It is not an intensive teaching class. At each meeting some time is spent on basic steps and figures but the length of this time is varied to suit the technical ability of those present. There is no fixed membership and although there is a core of regular attenders, newcomers are always welcome. We are pleased that our programme appeals to many nationalities and we have regular attenders from Scotland, Norway, Poland, France and Czech Republic. These, together with our English dancers, give us a regular attendance of about 25-35.   

There is no age limitation BUT these dances are very lively and a set of quadrilles may require one to be continuously active for 15 minutes at a time.  You will also be expected to attempt the correct steps of the period and at no time is walking the figures allowed!!  …”

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“Ellis Rogers has been a folk dancer, morris, rapper and longsword dancer since 1947.  He was Squire of Ravensbourne Morris side for two years and their musician for ten.  He ran barn dances in venues ranging from Buckingham Palace to the World Conference of Nudists.  He was a member of the folk dance team for England and performed annually at the Royal Albert Hall, with his first wife Iris and later with his second wife Chris.  He is an Approved Tutor for the English Folk Dance and Song Society and serves on the advisory panel to the Dance Research Committee of the ISTD.

In 1969 Ellis and Chris embarked on historical dancing at the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society summer school, held then in Cheltenham.  Chris became a certificated tutor for the Society and she and Ellis together were teachers for the annual Dolmetsch summer school and occasionally for the Nonsuch summer school.  They taught 16th century dance and researched, composed and taught baroque dance and notation.  They started the group Pastime, in Orpington, to dance all periods from the 15th century to the 19th, and were the regular 'residential' tutors for the Oxford Historical Dance Society when that group first started.  They were founder members of the Early Dance Circle.  Since 1990 they have concentrated almost entirely on 19th century dance. …”

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“This society was founded in 1981 and organises day courses led by experienced and qualified tutors.  Background information in music, costume and history are provided as well as technique and dances.

Anyone interested in history, early music, ballet, amateur dramatics etc will find these workshops stimulating and fun.

These lively and interesting courses will also provide additional background knowledge especially to students preparing for GCSE and “A” Level Dance or taking other music, drama or Ballet courses. …”

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“We learn and perform dances which were popular in English Assembly Rooms during the Regency Period.

Our members are typically professionals who like to socialise whilst learning new skills and having fun.

Everyone is welcome to join us, most have no previous experience …”

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“Rare manuscripts and the earliest printed dance books provide the repertoire for Renaissance Dance - the mainly social dances of Europe from the 15th to the early 17th centuries. Styles during this period ranged from simple country round dances, stately pavans and energetic galliards to spectacular torch and sword dances and complex choreographies from the Italian courts.

You are invited to join the Rippon Lea Renaissance Dancers in classes which run throughout the year. All sessions begin with warm-up exercises followed by step technique and the study of chosen dances. Newcomers will be integrated through the simpler dances of the French and English repertoire. Progress is aided by printed material issued during classes.

Once appropriate standards have been achieved, newcomers will be invited to join the performing team which gives frequent concerts, theatrical and school performances around Melbourne, regional Victoria and, occasionally, interstate. Performers wear as-original court garments and are accompanied by the Early Music Consort of Melbourne using reconstructed historic instruments.  …”

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“FESTA CORTESE is the early dance and music group in Lithuania. It propagates the early European dances and culture.

The group‘s repertoire consists of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque dances, music and poetry. Early dances are court dances that need special knowledge to perform them. We can be thankful to some dance masters as Domenico da Piacenso in 15th century and Fabritio Caroso, Antonio Negri in 16th century and of course baroque dance notation according to Raoul Auger Feuillet which left us a great possibility to recreate early dances.

To create our performances we read various treatises from different centuries and especially literature of famous English and French authors of 16th and 17th centuries and we try to get deeper to understand life in the early society.

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“The professional group La Rossignol presents Italian Renaissance music and dances.

Their study of direct sources, added to historical, organologic and iconographic research and particular attention to the spectacular aspect of their work, has brought group members since 1987 to intense artistic activities in Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Israel, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Russia, Greece, India, China, Japan, Romania, Cyprus, Spain, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Malta, Turkey, Pakistan, Austria, Poland, Brazil, Albania, Taiwan, Mexico, Vatican City, Australia, Kenya, Croatia, Sweden, Colombia, Bolivia, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Scandinavia, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Hong Kong, USA… with concerts and shows of great prestige (Venice Carnival; Festival de la Médina, Tunis; National Theatre, Algiers; Cusiano Festival of Ancient Music; Opera Theatre, Cairo; Villa Nocturnals, Milan; Cantar di pietre (Singing of stones), Canton Ticino; Music Academy, Moscow; Italy in Japan 2001; Song of stones; Sacred Arts Festival, Madrid; Printemps musical des Alizès, Essauira; Merano Festival; Erice Festival; George Enescu Theatre, Bucharest; Philharmonic Theatre, Ljubljana; European Music Festival, Sofia; Villa Borghese, Rome; Music in old Cracow, Cracow; Musical September in Arezzo; 2004 Olympics, Athens; Festival internacional de Musica antigua, Peñiscola; Vittoriale in Gardone Riviera; Concert d’estiu (Summer concert), Montserrat; PetersKirche, Basel; Santa Maria delle grazie, Milan; Ciclo de Música Antigua, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Palau de la musica catalana, Barcelona; Opera Theatre, Tirana; Salone Sistino, Vatican City; Medieval festival of Aya Aapa, Cyprus; Courts of Art, Salerno; Calderòn Theatre, Valladolid, Royal Castle, Warsaw; Seymour Theatre Centre, Sydney; St Austin’s Church, Nairobi; Segni Barocchi Festival, Foligno; Auditorium F. Losano, Bogotà; Sochi Festival; European Music Festival, Astana, Navy Pier, Chicago, Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma …).

Their portfolio includes collaboration with the greatest world broadcasting companies, consultancies and artistic direction, training and refresher courses, the composition of music for theatre shows and medieval dancing.“

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“The professional group La Rossignol presents Italian Renaissance music and dances.

Their study of direct sources, added to historical, organologic and iconographic research and particular attention to the spectacular aspect of their work, has brought group members since 1987 to intense artistic activities in Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Israel, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Russia, Greece, India, China, Japan, Romania, Cyprus, Spain, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Malta, Turkey, Pakistan, Austria, Poland, Brazil, Albania, Taiwan, Mexico, Vatican City, Australia, Kenya, Croatia, Sweden, Colombia, Bolivia, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Scandinavia, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Hong Kong, USA… with concerts and shows of great prestige (Venice Carnival; Festival de la Médina, Tunis; National Theatre, Algiers; Cusiano Festival of Ancient Music; Opera Theatre, Cairo; Villa Nocturnals, Milan; Cantar di pietre (Singing of stones), Canton Ticino; Music Academy, Moscow; Italy in Japan 2001; Song of stones; Sacred Arts Festival, Madrid; Printemps musical des Alizès, Essauira; Merano Festival; Erice Festival; George Enescu Theatre, Bucharest; Philharmonic Theatre, Ljubljana; European Music Festival, Sofia; Villa Borghese, Rome; Music in old Cracow, Cracow; Musical September in Arezzo; 2004 Olympics, Athens; Festival internacional de Musica antigua, Peñiscola; Vittoriale in Gardone Riviera; Concert d’estiu (Summer concert), Montserrat; PetersKirche, Basel; Santa Maria delle grazie, Milan; Ciclo de Música Antigua, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Palau de la musica catalana, Barcelona; Opera Theatre, Tirana; Salone Sistino, Vatican City; Medieval festival of Aya Aapa, Cyprus; Courts of Art, Salerno; Calderòn Theatre, Valladolid, Royal Castle, Warsaw; Seymour Theatre Centre, Sydney; St Austin’s Church, Nairobi; Segni Barocchi Festival, Foligno; Auditorium F. Losano, Bogotà; Sochi Festival; European Music Festival, Astana, Navy Pier, Chicago, Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma …).

Their portfolio includes collaboration with the greatest world broadcasting companies, consultancies and artistic direction, training and refresher courses, the composition of music for theatre shows and medieval dancing.“

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“The "Società di Danza" performs work of historical research in the area of 19th century dances, combining philological precision in the interpretation of old books of dance with the ability to recreate, creating new and old dances in contemporary social contexts. The Association seeks to revive dances that belong to the European tradition and which were lost during the 20th century: quadrilles, country dances, waltzes, polkas and figured mazurkas The Association activities tends to the rediscovery of the artistic technique which in 19th century made these dances the subject of interest of the greatest masters of dance of the time even before the phenomenon of mass entertainment.

From 1991 to 2011 has realized:

• Courses
• Grand Balls
• Summer School
• Easter School
• Seminars of Historical Dance
• Training School of Teachers of 19th century dance
• International School of 19th century dance
• Grand Ball dell'Unione Europea
• Cinema
• Television
• Performances
• Conferences

Courses

Fabio Mòllica has founded, teaching, courses of the Società di Danza in Bologna (1991), Modena (1991), Imola (1993), Reggio Emilia (1993), Ferrara (1999), Bergamo (2002), Milano (2002), Roma (2002), Trento (2002), Napoli (2008), Pescara (2009), Torino (2009), Pavia (2010), Salerno (2010).

 In 2011-2012 he teaches regular courses in: Modena, Milano, Roma, Torino.”

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International Dance Society.

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Historical dance group.

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Ensemble for historical dance, Stuttgart.

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“Choregraphie Antique, the dance history ensemble of Goucher college makes history come alive by performing ballroom dances of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century.

Dancers dressed in beautiful costumes perform vintage dances recapturing the elegance of courtly french menuets, bourrees, allemands, and lively english country dances of that americans love to dance in eighteenth century america.

Elegant and refined quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, country dances, gallopades to lilting melodies of the nineteenth century are contrasted to revolutionary racy dances of the one-step, argentine tango, brazilian maxixe, grizzly bear, turkey trot, kangaroo hop, lame duck, duck waddle, and the crab to ragtime tunes of 1890-1914 era. …”

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“MIXED PICKLES is Philadelphia's vintage dance company. We research, perform and teach American dances from the colonial period all the way up through the 1940s. Our name reflects the dual nature of dance history, as something both educational and delightfully entertaining at the same time. It also refers to the kaleidoscope of cultures and classes that have influenced the way that Americans dance; influences that came from the French, English, Irish, Black and Latino; drawing from the elegant ballroom as well as the rowdy dancehall.“

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“We are recreational dancers, singers, musicians, teachers, callers, and dance historians who enjoy dancing, playing and singing English and Anglo-American dances, tunes, and songs that were known or published as early as 1651 and as late as today. By “English and Anglo-American” we mean the dances and music whose roots are in England, whether they started there or evolved once they came to North America. Think of the Virginia Reel or pioneers kicking up their heels after a barn raising, think of the ballroom scenes in Jane Austen books and films, think of community singing and folk festivals, and you’ll have a sense of what we do.

At the CDSS Office, we publish books, booklets, recordings, and a quarterly newsletter; we offer outreach grants for English and Anglo-American groups' and individuals' events; we have mail order service from our in-house store which has a fine assortment of educational and recreational books, recordings, DVDs, etc.; and we run several weeklong dance and music programs each July and August where people gather to learn new dances, tunes and songs, and to share what they know.”

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“Enhance the atmosphere at your event for adults and children.

Create the Mood mixes and mingles with your guests as a character, teaches easy historical dancing, chats about amusing social history and entertains.

Babies stop crying, Small children become mesmerised and adults comment on how good it is to hear early music rather than the usual ‘pop’ stuff.  

Put a smile on your visitors' faces
Create the Mood uses experienced staff in superb historic costume, court and country, all periods Medieval Elizabethan to Victorian & early 20th century to suit your event.

We go to all places where people gather in their leisure time, indoors and out: historic venues and museums; community, arts, folk and heritage festivals; craft fairs and fetes; local authority and shopping centre promotions and receive guests at receptions, weddings and birthdays.“

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