Dance
Core Repertoire of Dances
“His Majesty would wish that space be provided for dancing and merriment to take place…. Some simple dances for all to participate and join into would be highly enjoyed.” –Roak V, Welcome Message
Thinking in the same vein, and obedient to the Royal request, many of the prominent dancemasters of Ealdormere have crafted the following list of dances suggested for new and returning dancers to begin with. The selected pieces represent various periods, places, and levels of aerobic activity, and are meant to balance simplicity with variety and challenge.
At any given event, other dances can and will be taught, called or performed as well. However, a lady or gentleman who knows a good number of dances from the following list is likely to know at least a few pieces at any dancing occasion. A number of these documents are in “Portable Document Format” (PDF files). See the general resource links below for a fast, free tool to open these.
- Black Aleman:How To,Various MP3s
- Washerwoman's Bransle: How To and Various MP3s
- Pease Bransle: How To and Various MP3s
- Ly Bens Dystonis: Mp3
- Sellenger's Round: How To and MP3s
- Rostiboli Gioioso: Reconstruction, Mp3
- Bizzarria d'Amore: How To and MIDI
- The Pavane: MP3
Ealdormere Dance Community Projects
- Dance Musician Livery – First sashes, then hats
- Fundraising for the Ealdormere Loud Banned instruments
- Complete the Renaissance Dance Sources and Timeline
- Make quality instructional dance videos
Dance Sources and Timeline
The list of extant Renaissance Dance Sources and Timeline has its own page
Music
- Free to copy MP3 files for some popular dances can be found at Rendance.Gyges.org
- There are more free MP3s on Eric Praetzel site
"Demo" Videos
These are videos of people dancing, without spoken instructions
"How To" Videos
These are videos recorded for instructional purposes.
- Mistress Urraca (Mary Railing)
- Dancers of Ealdormere
- Coming Soon
- Others
General Resource Web Sites
- Foxit Reader is a small, fast program to view PDF files.
Contact Information
Dance Events
- Step Spritely 2019 (Mississauga, February)
- Black Rose Ball (Cranston, RI, March 12 2015 - tentative date)
- Terpsichore at the tower XXVI (Ann Arbor MI, Late March, 2020 Cancelled)
- Walpurgisnacht at Stonebridge Gamble House (Rhode Island, late March)
- Known World Dance Symposium (Semi Annual, usually in summer)
- Pennsic Dance (Slippery Rock, PA, July)
- Simply Allegorical in Quintavia (Worcester, MA area likely October 17)
- Crystal Ball (Highland IL, November 13-15, 2015)