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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 southern 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
- New Year, How To, Mp3, another Mp3
- Ly Bens Dystonis, Mp3
- Sellenger's Round How To and MP3s
- Black Nag, How To 1, YouTube How To How To and Various MP3s
- Petit Vriens, How To, Mp3
- 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
- Dances from the Marian Ensemble
- Dances from the Inns of Court London 1570-1675 and Courtly Dances of Western Europe 1450-1650 by Jouissance
"How To" Videos
These are videos recorded for instructional purposes.
- Mistress Urraca (Mary Railing)
- Dancers of Ealdormere
- Coming Soon
- Others
"Demo" Videos
These are videos of people dancing, without spoken instructions
- Petit Vriens at Pennsic 38
- Petit Vriens, another reconstruction
- Petit Vriens, yet another
- Black Alman performed at Saltatoris Swingin' Soiree 2011
General Resource Web Sites
- Rendance.org
- Renaissance Dance, Music and Bardic on Gregory Blount's site
- Rendance links on brother Guillaume's site
- Foxit Reader is a small, fast program to view PDF files.
Contact Information
Dance Events
- Step Spritely (Mississauga, February)
- Black Rose Ball (Cranston, RI, March)
- Terpsichore of the Tower (Ann Arbor MI, April 6, 2013)
- Known World Dance Symposium (Saratoga Springs, NY, Jun 20 to 23, 2013) (Germany, 2015)
- Pennsic Dance (Slippery Rock, PA, July 19 – August 3, 2013)
- Crystal Ball (Highland IL, November 8-9, 2013)
