Article
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Quadrille Mania

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a lot of historical information about 18th century dance. Explanations of the dances and a bibliography are included in the site.
Handout
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Cambridge Univ. English Country Dance Club: Elements of English Country Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossary of terms assocated with English country dances.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Social Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides photocopies of various types of information about social dancing and its influence on people.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Allemande

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a definition of allemande, a type of dance popular in Baroque music. Includes hyperlinked terms.
Article
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The Carnival of Ponte Caffaro

For Students 9th - 10th
The Carnival of Ponte Caffaro is a "North Italian ritual dance and fiddle music tradition within the Mardi Gras Carnevale." This site has great links to the dance, dancers and history.
Lesson Plan
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Eighteenth Century Music and Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site provides lesson that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this lesson.
Activity
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Del's Dance Book: Allemandes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes seven variations of the Allemande and includes teaching notes, starting positions, and MIDI audio files of music for most of the variations.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Eighteenth Centry Dance Instruction Manuals

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents from the Library of Congress's American Memory collection about how people in the eighteenth century learned to dance. Page through a dozen manuals from the era that give details about how dances and dance...