Dancing

For the most part, only late period dances can be recreated, since we have instructions for them (although the instructions are about as clear as period recipes - certain things are assumed to be known by everyone). There are pictures depicting dancing in earlier times, but we don't have any more than a vague idea how these dances went, so we can't recreate them.

Dance Styles

• Basse Dance
• Pavanne
• Galliard/Tourdion
• Allemande
• Bransle
• Country Dance

Dance Sources

• Gresley Manuscript
• Il Papa
• Inns of Court Dances
• Orchesography
• Cesare Negri
• Fabritio Caroso
• Playford's Dancing Master

Dance practices

• Melbourne / Barony of Stormhold: 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, contact Adina Hamilton (get contact details from Stormscroll).
• Sydney / Barony of Rowany: Alternate Fridays, 7pm, Glebe Primary School (address in Folia Roani).

Some good links

• Del's dance book - http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/
• Guild of the Silver Rondel's site - http://www.sca.org.au/rondel/