Renaissance

Jørgen Schou-Pedersen (b. 1952) studied the Science of Music at the University of Copenhagen. He has studied the history of dance with many of the leading experts and he has also researched the primary sources in the field of the history of dance himself. He carries the teaching certificate from The Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society where he is now a teacher. He also teaches historical dance at the National Theatre School and the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.

The ensemble "Resoldo Milare" combines the acoustic pleasure of renaissance music with the visual experience of the dance.
Dance steps and sequences are carefully reconstructed from original sources.
Presented in historical costumes the ensemble creates a lively picture of dance and music from the renaissance.

Danse Ecosse is an historical dance group specialising in the performance of 15thC and 16thC dances. They are particularly interested in dances from the Court of Mary Queen of Scots.

The Italian Renaissance dance company (based in Assisi) carries out philological research aimed at reconstructing, teaching and then performing 15th and 16th century Italian court dances in original costumes with a music ensemble

A performing group dedicated to Nuremberg's time of glamour in the 15th and 16th century: music and dance and tradition.

A club for all those interested in the dances of earlier times. It was formed in 2002 and now has a membership of around thirty. They are concentrating on dances of the Tudor and Stuart period - bransles, almains, pavans, and country dances ...

Hertfordshire

By Dorotheé Wortelboer

CD recordings and manual for early dance
Netherland

Dorothy Olsson has had training in both music and dance; she received her Masters of Music of Musicology from Manhattan School of Music and her Ph.D. in Performance Studies at New York University, with a dissertation on early 20th-century dance. She has presented numerous workshops, choreographies and performances of historical dance, and written books and articles about historical dance. Dr. Olsson was an Assistant Professor of Dance Education at New York University for ten years. She is the director of New York Historical Dance Company.

The Danserey Landshut is a group which is performing demonstrations of dances and music out of the Renaissance in historical costumes.