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An indispensable resource are the pages on baroque dance at the
Library
of Congress, which contain an overview of the period as well
as numerous dances in Feuillet notation.
Several websites devoted to baroque dance serve as hubs for discussion
and news, notably
http://www.early-dance.de/
http://baroquedance.info/
Scholarship relating to 17th and18th century ballet has been presented
at the conferences and in the publications of the Society
of Dance History Scholars, the Society
for Dance Research, and the Congress
on Research in Dance.
The NYBDC has been heavily involved in Kyle Seibrecht’s new
play, Prince
of Haiti/King of Paris.
The NYBDC has worked in residencies at the Catskill
Mountain Foundation for several summers, a time that serves
as a lab for the company to develop new repertory.
New York Revels, Inc., promotes community celebrations of seasonal events based on traditional music, dance, storytelling and drama.
Country Dance *
New York
http://www.cdny.org
is an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society, and runs
weekly dance events in New York City
including
English country dance interpretations from the 17th
and 18th centuries.
Roving Classical Commedia
University
http://www.commediau.com is a traveling school of commedia
dell'arte.
For custom hand-crafted masks:
http://www.maskarts.com
THE BAROQUE ERA
An engaging if not always scholarly and consistent account of the
baroque era across many arts may be found at Wikipedia
General info on a number of baroque composers may be found at http://www.baroquemusic.org/
A good hub for information on gardens in the high baroque style
may be found at the Garden
Guide
There is much
fun to be had at what can only be called the Blog
of famed 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys.
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