Information Pack:
A regularly updated pack of ten A4 information sheets containing authoritative summaries and reading lists on the following subjects:
Available without further charge on receipt of a large self-addressed envelope (C4= 23 x 32 cm) bearing a 55p stamp.
Postage for destinations abroad: Europe: £2.00; for the rest of the world: £2.50.
(ed. David Wilson, 2006)
Proceedings of a conference held at St Bride Institute, Fleet Street, London, on 21 February 2006 (paperback, iv + 42 pp.) ISBN 0 9553532-0-3
8 papers cover: satyr dance in ancient Greece; masks in Roman dance theatre; mask dances from Portugal; masquing dances of the Stuarts; masks in the etchings of G. M. Mitelli; masquerade balls in 18th C. England and the subversion of the social order; masked performance in Bali and Japan; making masks for dancing.
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The Great Divide? – the impact of the French Revolution on dance, costume and culture
(ed. David Wilson, 2004)
Proceedings of a conference held at St Bride Institute, Fleet Street, London, on 21 February 2004 (paperback, iv + 25 pp.) ISBN 0 9513640 8 1
Successive modes of dancing in France could be seen to respond directly and immediately to the changing social and political environments of the time, whereas in the relative calm of England changes came much more slowly. In fashionable dress the influences went both ways: French émigrés brought French modes on their backs, but those living in France found that the style of the English country gentleman could be affected without making any unwise political statement. In the special case of the Bals de victimes dance and dress together defied the new régime behind closed doors. A detailed study of dancing as experienced and described by Jane Austen completed the English aspect of those troubled times.
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The Restoration of Charles II: public order, theatre and dance
(ed. David Wilson, 2002)
Proceedings of a conference held at Bankside House, London, on 23 February 2002 (paperback, iv + 33 pages). ISBN 09513640 6 5
Five papers explore aspects of the reign of Charles II as compared with the preceding Commonwealth (and with the reign of Charles I). How far did magistrates relax their standards? In what ways did stage dancing manage to survive the closing of the theatres during the Interregnum? What features of masque and antimasque were carried forward into the productions of the later seventeenth century? How did the prevailing style of dance change during the seventeenth century, and how many dancers were there in England in 1675 capable of performing in the current French style?? This volume presents a lively picture of the London theatre, stage dancing and related matters in the second half of the seventeenth century.
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Education and Early Dance (ed. David Wilson, 1999)
Proceedings of a conference held at the Royal Society of Arts, London, on 27 February 1999 (paperback, vi + 58 pages).
ISBN 0 9513640 5 7
Eight papers are devoted to the place, value and organisation of Early Dance within education, from Primary School to Teacher Training College, as well as in a variety of contexts within the community, such as with the visually impaired, in the juvenile ballet class, with drama students, in living history events and in public concerts.
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Belinda Quirey and Historical Dance (ed. David Wilson, 1997)
Proceedings of a conference in celebration of the life and work of Belinda Quirey
(1912-1996), held at Birkbeck College, London, 5 April 1997 (paperback, iv + 48 pages). ISBN 0 9513640 3 0This volume contains a number of tributes to, and reminiscences of, Belinda Quirey, as well as three longer contributions:
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Early Renaissance Dance c. 1445 – c. 1535: a brief guide to the sources
by David Wilson (2003) (paperback, 40 pages)
ISBN 0 9513640 7 3
This booklet offers brief guidance to 25 handwritten or printed sources giving technical information about dancing in Western Europe during the Early Renaissance. These sources are held in libraries and collections in Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States. Their texts are in Castilian, Catalan, English, French, German, Italian and macaronic Latin. For each document there are systematic notes on its location, character, date, contents and on the principal relevant publications.
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101 Italian Dances (c.1450 – c.1510): a critical translation
by David Wilson (1999)
(wirebound paperback, iv + 190 pages)ISBN 0 9513640 4 9
Are you fascinated by Italian 15th-century dancing? – but baffled by Italian 15th-century language? If so, this book is for you.
All the dances are here, translated into English, with account taken of the more significant variants found in the 12 available texts and with commentary on the knotty points. The music, however, is not included.
The sources are evaluated not only as a literary tradition, but also as a performing tradition. In other words, if the text does not make sense in terms of movement on the floor, something must be wrong either in the original text or (of course) in the translation. The areas of difficulty are noted and possible explanations are offered.
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Domenico of Piacenza (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS ital. 972), transcribed and edited, with an introduction, by D. R. Wilson
ISBN 0 9513640 1 4
Sources for Early Dance: Series 1, Fifteenth-Century Italy, 1 (1988)
Domenico’s treatise transcribed (comb-bound paperback, iv + 54 pages), including the dance-descriptions (18 balli with their tunes and 5 basse danze).
The text is given in a modern typeface, but otherwise in a form that is as near to the original as can be conveniently obtained. Abbreviations are expanded, but spelling, word-division and line-division are as in the original. Different scribal hands are distinguished, and scribal corrections are fully documented.
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Steps used in 15th Century Italy Court Dancing
by David Wilson - 3rd edition - (2003) (wirebound paperback, 66 pages)
ISBN 0 951307 3 7
A comprehensive review of the evidence for the form and content of twenty- one main steps and recognised step-sequences, through analysis of the dance-descriptions appended to surviving copies of the treatises.
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Historical Playford: The English Dancing Master (1651)
interpreted in the manner of 1601: edited by D. R. Wilson,
2001
(comb-bound paperback, iv + 54 pages)
ISBN 0 9519307 2 9
This presents the original text for each dance, with abbreviations extended, and editorial comment to aid practical reconstruction. Many of the dances had been in use since the 1570s, and so are given here in late 16th and early 17th century style.
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