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==External links== {{external links|date=August 2022}} ===History=== * A multi-edition transcription of [https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/dancing-master/Index.htm Playford's ''The Dancing Master,''] compiled by Robert M. Keller, hosted by the Country Dance and Song Society. Or go straight to the [https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/dancing-master/Title/BrowTitl.htm alphabetical index]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110202091008/http://www.originsofplayforddance.com/ Evolution of the ''Playford dances'' (archived)] by Nicole Salomone * [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html A transcription of the first edition of Playford's ''The Dancing Master''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507082421/http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html |date=2017-05-07 }}. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012001536/http://members.aol.com/Dance18thc/ The Colonial Dancing Master] Books and recordings. * Alan Winston's history survey [https://web.archive.org/web/20110202091008/http://www.originsofplayforddance.com/ ''English Country Dance and its American Cousin''] * Gene Murrow's [http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd/origins_and_evolution.htmlx comments on the history of ECD] * John Gardiner-Garden's 10 volume 7,000 page magnum opus on social dance from 1450 to 1900 [http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/books-cds ''Historic Dance''] ===Interpretation=== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151016065943/http://michaelbarraclough.com/dance-instructions/my-interpretations/introduction Michael Barraclough] * [http://www.colinhume.com/instr.htm Colin Hume] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020602081918/http://vintagedancers.org/ball_in_box.html Patri J. Pugliese] * [http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/about-us/john-gardiner-garden John Gardiner-Garden] ===Dance associations=== * [http://bacds.org/ Bay Area Country Dance Society] promotes, preserves, and teaches traditional English and American music and dance in the San Francisco Bay area. * [http://cdny.org CD NY] Country Dance New York holds weekly dances in New York City. * [http://www.cdss.org/ Country Dance and Song Society] is a United States umbrella organization whose members enjoy English dance. * [http://www.cdny.org/ Country Dance*New York] runs English and contra dance events in New York City. * [http://www.cds-boston.org/ Country Dance Society, Boston Centre] runs English and contra dances in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. * [http://www.aactmad.org/ Ann Arbor Community for Traditional Music and Dance] is an umbrella organization whose sponsored events include English and American music and dance in Michigan. * [http://www.doverdancers.org/ Dover English Country Dancers] runs English dances in Dover, DE, USA & presents demonstrations at festivals & historic sites in MD & DE. * [http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/ Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy] run dance classes and balls in Australia, as well as a Shakespeare Dance & Music Festival, Baroque Dance Weekend, Jane Austen Festival Australia and Yarrangobilly 19th Century Dance Retreat. * [http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd/hotbeds.htmlx ECD around the United States] A list of English dance series. * [http://www.efdss.org/ English Folk Dance and Song Society] has an online shop selling books and compact disks. * [http://www.interfolk.co.uk/fmcdc/hist.html Felpham & Middleton Country Dance Club] has written a history from 1933β1994, just about one of the oldest extant English Country Dance clubs in England. * [http://www.sca.org/ Society for Creative Anachronism] practices many English country dances in a historical context. * [http://www.theleesburgassembly.org/ The Leesburg Assembly] is an English Country Dance community centered in Northern Virginia, USA. * [http://www.vecds.bc.ca/ The Victoria English Country Dance Society] is a group of friendly people who gather once a week to dance in Victoria, BC, Canada. Live music is provided by [http://www.vecds.bc.ca/tdp.html The Dancehall Players] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021094518/http://www.vecds.bc.ca/tdp.html |date=2016-10-21 }}. ===General=== * [http://mtcn.free.fr/mtcn-traditional-music-dance.php Folk dances from County of Nice, France] {{in lang|en|fr|oc}} * [http://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/ Scottish Country Dancing database] {{English folk music}} [[Category:Country dance| ]] [[Category:Articles containing video clips]] [[Category:English country dance]] [[Category:Contra dance]] [[Category:European folk dances]] [[Category:Social dance]] [[Category:Dance forms in classical music]] [[Category:Nordic folk music]] [[Category:Nordic dances]]
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