This list supplements those given on the other sheets in this pack. Many books are no longer in print but may be found in libraries. The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House contains much on Early Dance in general, as well as folk dancing. Books in print can normally be obtained from Dance Books Ltd.

M. Dolmetsch Dances of England and France from 1450 to 1600 (London, 1949; reprinted, New York, 1976).

M. Dolmetsch Dances of Spain and Italy from 1400 to 1600 London, 1954; reprinted, New York, 1975.)

B. Quirey May I have the Pleasure? The story of popular dancing (London, 1976; reprinted, 1987).

B. Quirey & M. Holmes Apology for History (London, 1993).

C. Sachs World History of the Dance (English version, New York, 1937; reprinted, 1963).

J. Wildeblood The Polite World (London, 1965; revised ed., 1973).

M. Wood Historical Dances (Twelfth to Nineteenth Century) (London, 1952; reprinted, 1982).

M. Wood More Historical Dances (London, 1956).

M. Wood Advanced Historical Dances (London, 1960).

Historical Dance, the journal of the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (D.H.D.S.), is devoted to Early Dance topics. To subscribe, contact the Hon. Secretary.

The same society issues instructional booklets and practice tapes for its annual Summer Schools, each of which concentrates on a relatively narrow period.

Nonsuch: Early Dance. Dances from the Courts of Europe 12th-19th Century is a comprehensive series of instructional booklets (I-VIII) and practice tapes (1-9) issued by Nonsuch/Eglinton.

The Dance Research Committee of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (I.S.T.D.) is issuing a series of instruction-books using Labanotation; some include a short introduction to the notation.

                          D. Cruickshank Danzare et Ballare 1 & 2 (2 booklets, Salisbury, 1988, 1989).

                          D. Cruickshank Danzare et Sonare (booklet with cassette, Salisbury, 1992).

D. R. Wilson The Steps used in Court Dancing in Fifteenth-Century Italy (3rd ed., Cambridge, 2003).

Late Renaissance

D. Cruickshank Selva amorosa (instruction-book and cassette, Salisbury, 1991).

Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Dances for Tudors and Stuarts. National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (teaching pack with booklet and cassette, Salisbury, 1994; available from Publications Secretary).

M. Lehner A Manual of Sixteenth-Century Italian Dance Steps (Freiburg, 1997).

J. Sutton Nobiltà di Dame / Fabritio Caroso (translation and introduction, Oxford, 1986); 2nd ed., Courtly Dance of the Renaissance (New York & London, 1995).

B. Thomas & J. Gingell The Renaissance Dance Book (instructions, music and cassette, London, 1987).

D. Wortelboer Flowers of 16th-Century Dance (instruction-book and CD, Amsterdam, 1996).

Seventeenth-century

                           Instruction pour dancer (facsimile and transcription, A. Feves et al., Freiburg, 2000)

                           B. de Montagut Louange de la danse (ed. and trans., B. Ravelhofer, Cambridge & Tempe, 2000)

J. G. Pasch, Anleitung sich bei grossen Heeren Höfen und andern beliebt zu machen (edited, U. Schlottermüller et al., Freiburg, 2000)

Baroque

L. G. Pécour Recueil de dances (Paris, 1700; facsimile, Farnborough, 1970).

R. Ralph The Life and Works of John Weaver (London, 1985).

The other primary sources for French Baroque dance are listed by Hilton in her book cited on the Baroque Dance information-sheet.

Consort de Danse Baroque has issued cassettes entitled Dances from England and France and Dance Music for Baroque Guitar.

A leaflet listing EDC publications is included in this folder. They are available from the National Resource Centre for Historical Dance (N.R.C.H.D.).

There are many courses (half-day, whole day or weekend) and regular classes (weekly or monthly) on Early Dance, both in the U.K. and abroad. Details of these are listed in the Diary of Early Dance Events produced thrice yearly by the Early Dance Circle and obtainable from the Hon. Secretary.

Summer schools are held in the U.K. in July-August in most years by the following bodies:–

Details of other occasional schools, and those held outside the U.K., are given in the Diary of Early Dance Events.

Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.

Chalemie 3 Thornhill Square, Islington, London, N1 1BQ.

Consort de Danse Baroque 16 Blenheim Road, Cardiff, CF23 5DS.

Dance Research Committee, I.S.T.D. (Sec.) Ludwell House, Charing, Kent, TN2 0LS.

D.H.D.S. (Hon. Sec.) 17 Well Lane, Stock, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 9LT.

Early Dance Circle (Hon. Sec.) Hunter’s Moon, Orcheston, Salisbury, Wilts, SP3 4RP.

Nonsuch 101 St Stephen’s Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7JT.

Nonsuch/Eglinton 16 Brook Drive, London, SE11 4TT.

N.R.C.H.D. Hunter’s Moon, Orcheston, Salisbury, Wilts., SP3 4RP.

Soc. for Dance Research (Sec.) c/o Ian Bramley, Dance Theatre Journal, LABAN, Creekside, London, SE8 3DZ.