Other
Quadrille Mania
This site has a lot of historical information about 18th century dance. Explanations of the dances and a bibliography are included in the site.
Other
Cambridge Univ. English Country Dance Club: Elements of English Country Dance
A glossary of terms assocated with English country dances.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Social Dance
This resource provides photocopies of various types of information about social dancing and its influence on people.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Allemande
Wikipedia offers a definition of allemande, a type of dance popular in Baroque music. Includes hyperlinked terms.
Other
The Carnival of Ponte Caffaro
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.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Eighteenth Century Music and Dance
Site provides lesson that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this lesson.
Other
Del's Dance Book: Allemandes
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: Eighteenth Centry Dance Instruction Manuals
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...