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 plan that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this lesson plan.
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...