Renaissance Resources from Performing Arts Directory

Academy of Courtly Pursuits - Group based in Plano Texas which specializes in dances from Europe. Includes class information historical research FAQs and information about a music guild.

Accademia della Danza - SCA dance group based in Massachusetts. Information about their meetings and activities.

Bassa Toscana - French renaissance and medieval dance troupe. Information about their performance and education services.

Capriol Society for Early Dance - Based in Cambridge England. Mainly concerned with 14th-17th century dancing from the European courts. Site includes some background and information about classes.

Chastelana - Polish group performing dances from the renaissance and medieval periods. Information about members and their activities.

Chorea Historica - Czech group directed by Eva Kröschlová. Information about the group their repertoire and their costume designer.

Dance of the Ages - Includes some general information about reconstructing dances descriptions of 15th century dance steps and a reconstruction of the Italian ballo Leoncello Nuovo.

Danse Ecosse - Group based in Inverness Scotland. Information about workshops and a gallery.

Danserey - Dance and music group from Landshut Germany. Includes photographs and information about upcoming dances and presentations.

Eric's SCA Dance and Music Page - Includes Eric's SCA Dance Booklet dance music (sheet music audio files and information about CDs) and a transcription of the 1651 edition of Playford.

Fioretto - Czech group. Includes information about their repertoire and a photo gallery.

Guild of the Silver Rondel - Dance guild of the branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism covering Australia and New Zealand. Information about their activities and links to resources.

Hertfordshire Early Dance - UK-based group. Includes a meeting diary dance cheat-sheets MIDI files and photos.

Joy and Jealousy - Information about a book on 15th century Italian balli by Vivian Stephens and Monica Cellio. Includes a link to the text and music.

L'Academie Atlantienne de la Danse - A group dedicated to the practice of and research into renaissance and SCA dance. Site includes information about upcoming events and copies of their electronic newsletter.

La Rossignol - Group of musicians and dancers based in Cremona Italy. Information about performances and recordings.

Late 15th Century Transcriptions - Transcriptions Les Basses Danses de Marguerite d'Autriche and the Salisbury Manuscript by Veerle Fack and Lieven Baert.

Le Balet Comique de la Reine: An Analysis - Analysis by Elizabeth Cooper of this 1581 spectacle which combined dance verse and music.

Norman W. Gray's Home Page - Includes articles on the Inns of Court dances Playford dances the Branle des Chevaux and the Gresley Collection (circa 1500).

Norwich Early Dance Group - Medieval to Playford dance. Information about events meetings and services.

Passamezzo - Group of musicians dancers and actors offering Elizabethan and Jacobean masque entertainment.

Pastime - Kent UK based group specializing in 15th to 17th century dance but occasionally venturing into later periods. Includes a diary of events and photographs of the group.

Renaissance Dance - Introduction by Sarah Boronow. Information about some of the dances and the dancing masters.

Renaissance Dance - European dance from the 15th to early 17th centuries. Includes a brief introduction archives of the Rendance discussion list links to primary and secondary sources bibliographies music and reenactment links and a directory of teachers performers organizat

Renaissance Dance Pages - Notes and cheat sheets for renaissance and English country dance.

Renaissance Dance Sources - Transcriptions of primary sources and some secondary sources. Links to similar material on other sites.

Renaissance Footnotes - Performing name of Basingstoke Early Dance - performing social dances from between 1450 and 1650. Information about classes and upcoming performances.

Renaissance Historical Dance Society - Devonshire UK based group specializing in 15th 16th and 17th century dances. Includes information about their performances photos and a diary of upcoming events.

Rippon Lea Renaissance Dancers - Australian group. Information about classes performances and school programs.

Rosina's Dance Page - Mostly 15th century Italian dance including background information step descriptions and dance reconstructions of balli and bassadanze by Piacenza and Ebreo. Information on classes in Toronto.

SCA Dance Homepage - Renaissance and 17th century English country dance. Includes the Letter of Dance newsletter page facsimiles and transcriptions of primary sources Del's Dance Book cheat sheets articles and links.

Shakespearean Dance - Research and resources by Emily Winerock. Includes papers and an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

The Il Papa Manuscript - An introduction and transcription. From the New York Public Library Dance Collection.

The Middle Ages: Dances - Cheat sheets step descriptions and a list of sources for SCA dances including some from after 1600.

Thrir Venstri Foetr - Group based in Washington DC performing dances from Playford and Arbeau. Includes schedules of performances and rehearsals and descriptions of steps figures and dances.