Dafydd's Collection of Playford's English Country Dances - http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~white/dplayford.html
Reconstructions of a selection of dances, mainly from the first edition. |
Estienne's Country Dance Book - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/del/sections/english_country_dance.html
Descriptions of steps, and reconstructions of selected dances. |
Merri Pryanksters - http://www.pryanksters.org/
Information about rehearsals in California, plus descriptions of the dances from the first edition of Playford, with abbreviations expanded and spellings modernized. |
New York Playford Ball - http://www.panix.com/~wlinden/playford.html
Information about balls from 1990 to 1999. Includes a collection of dance sheets. |
Newcastle English Country Dancers - http://home1.gte.net/res1fqjn/
California-based dancers and musicians performing historical English country and Morris dances. Includes information about their performances, and reconstructions of some dances. |
Nicolas Broadbridge - http://www.nicolasbroadbridge.com/
Caller, teacher, musician and researcher based in Scotland. Information about dance groups in Edinburgh and Glasgow, music groups, and books and CDs for sale. |
Origins of the 'Playford Dances' - http://www.originsofplayforddance.com/
A collection of literary and musical references to Playford dances from before 1651. Also includes information about SCA dance events. |
The Dancing Master - http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/playford/
HTML transcription of the second edition of Playford (1653), with scans of the original music. |
The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium - http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/
Coded figures, facsimiles and other data for all of the 1,053 known dances published in various editions of Playford. Also includes some background information. |
The English Dancing Master by John Playford 1651 - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/pc2d@andrew.cmu.edu/dance/playford.html
The complete text of the first edition. Includes links to some of the music. |