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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...