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• - Czech group. Includes information about their repertoire and a photo gallery.
  
• - Notes and cheat sheets for renaissance and English country dance.
  
• - Includes a list of first-edition Playford dances ordered by the number of dancers, quotes on behavior and bearing, and some notes on the position of the arms.
  
• - Polish group performing dances from the renaissance and medieval periods. Information about members and their activities.
  
• - A group dedicated to the practice of, and research into, renaissance and SCA dance. Site includes information about upcoming events, and copies of their electronic newsletter.
  
• - Australian group. Information about classes, performances and school programs.
  
• - Includes some general information about reconstructing dances, descriptions of 15th century dance steps, and a reconstruction of the Italian ballo "Leoncello Nuovo".
  
• - Mostly 15th century Italian dance, including background information, step descriptions and dance reconstructions of balli and bassadanze by Piacenza and Ebreo. Information on classes in Toronto.
  
• - Group of musicians, dancers and actors offering Elizabethan and Jacobean masque entertainment.
  
• - Research and resources by Emily Winerock. Includes papers, and an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
  
• - Includes articles on the Inns of Court dances, Playford dances, the Branle des Chevaux, and the Gresley Collection (circa 1500).
  
• - Dance guild of the branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism covering Australia and New Zealand. Information about their activities and links to resources.
  
• - Kent, UK based group, specializing in 15th to 17th century dance, but occasionally venturing into later periods. Includes a diary of events, and photographs of the group.
  
• - SCA dance group based in Massachusetts. Information about their meetings and activities.
  
• - Dance and music group from Landshut, Germany. Includes photographs, and information about upcoming dances and presentations.
  
• - Group of musicians and dancers based in Cremona, Italy. Information about performances and recordings.
  
• - Introduction by Sarah Boronow. Information about some of the dances, and the dancing masters.
  
• - Performing name of Basingstoke Early Dance - performing social dances from between 1450 and 1650. Information about classes, and upcoming performances.
  
• - Includes Eric's SCA Dance Booklet, dance music (sheet music, audio files and information about CDs), and a transcription of the 1651 edition of Playford.
  
• - Information about a book on 15th century Italian balli by Vivian Stephens and Monica Cellio. Includes a link to the text and music.
  
• - Devonshire UK based group specializing in 15th, 16th and 17th century dances. Includes information about their performances, photos, and a diary of upcoming events.
  
• - Medieval to Playford dance. Information about events, meetings and services.
  
• - Czech group directed by Eva Kröschlová. Information about the group, their repertoire and their costume designer.
  
• - Cheat sheets, step descriptions, and a list of sources for SCA dances, including some from after 1600.
  
• - Analysis by Elizabeth Cooper of this 1581 spectacle, which combined dance, verse and music.
  
• - Transcriptions of primary sources, and some secondary sources. Links to similar material on other sites.
  
• - An introduction and transcription. From the New York Public Library Dance Collection.
  
• - UK-based group. Includes a meeting diary, dance cheat-sheets, MIDI files and photos.
  
• - Based in Cambridge, England. Mainly concerned with 14th-17th century dancing from the European courts. Site includes some background, and information about classes.
  
• - Group based in Plano, Texas which specializes in dances from Europe. Includes class information, historical research, FAQs, and information about a music guild.
  
• - Transcriptions "Les Basses Danses de Marguerite d'Autriche" and the Salisbury Manuscript, by Veerle Fack and Lieven Baert.
  
• - Group based in Washington DC, performing dances from Playford and Arbeau. Includes schedules of performances and rehearsals, and descriptions of steps, figures and dances.