Dear fellow dancers,
I love English Country Dances and like to share some online resources I find really useful.
General links:
- Introduction and explanation of several figures as well as links to George Williams' animations (see below): https://www.upadouble.info/ecdTutorial.php
- Anthony's Dance database lists the author, books and CDs for several thousand dances: https://barndances.org.uk/Antony/dances.php
- The Database of Cambridge folk group is similar: https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/dance_index/dance_index.html
- Lambertville Country Dancers have a database for ECD videos: https://lambertvillecountrydancers.org/videolist.php
Youtube-Channels:
- George Williams provides animations for several thousand dances (also American Contra, or Scottish dances): https://www.youtube.com/@georgewilliams4392/videos
- Dance Group from Gainesville has the most comprehensive collection of ECD videos: https://www.youtube.com/@EnglishCountryDanceGainesville/videos
- Historical Tea & Dance Society has interviews with many group leaders and choreographers: https://www.youtube.com/@historicalteadancesociety/videos
Shops where you can get books and music:
- AADS, based in Belgium, offers many books and CDs and a few e-books: https://shop.aads.be/winkel/english-country-dance/, https://ebooks.aads.be/ec/english-country
- Folksales from UK offers books and CDs: http://folksales.com/stock.html
- Bandcamp offers all genres of music for download and you can find some ECD bands like Bare Necessities: https://barenecessities.bandcamp.com/
