Registered Charity No. 1097746
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The Early Dance Circle [EDC] was formed in 1984 as an umbrella organisation to promote the enjoyment, performance and study of Early Dance in the UK. Now a registered charity (no. 1097746), its membership comprises individuals and groups throughout the UK and beyond.
The Circle’s recognised objects are to foster knowledge, understanding and appreciation of dance and its context in European society up to and including the twentieth century - and of its music and of other subjects in so far as they affect or are affected by Early Dance.
Early Dance (or Historical Dance) is a term that covers the dances current in Western Europe, in courts and country houses, in taverns and theatres, from the Middle Ages up to the end of the 20th century. Information about these dances is derived from original and reliable secondary sources.
There are no age barriers in Early Dance: everyone used to dance and everyone can do so today.
Fuller details on Early Dance are given in our information pack - Dance through History
The EDC can offer you:
· information about Early Dance activities worldwide through the Diary of Early Dance Events
· support for study and research through EDC publications, lectures and conferences and through the library and other facilities of the National Research Centre for Historical Dance
· contact with Early Dance teachers and researchers
· practical help in arranging, insuring and publicising events that you wish to put on.
· opportunity to meet, and dance with, other Early Dance enthusiasts from all parts of the UK
