Looking back through my folders of posts for Dance in History, I see that I began this little project in 2013. That was the year of my first post and, around twelve years later, there are now more than 250 posts on a variety of early dance topics ranging in date from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. After many thoughts about turning the blog into a website, I have decided to keep with the current format. My focus is still dancing on the London stage, although my principal time frame has extended a little from 1660 to 1776 (and wanders beyond that from time to time). Sadly, this is still an under-explored subject here in the UK. I choose my topics at random. Many come from the notated dances I reconstruct – I do practical work on a regular basis. Others relate to academic articles I happen to be writing. The frequency of my posts varies according to the amount of work individual posts might need or the pressures of working on conference papers or articles for publication. This is not an academic resource, although (as I try to make clear) much of my research for individual posts draws on primary sources and, where I make use of secondary sources, I try to add citations for these either within or at the end of individual posts. I wish I could do more, but I hope that what I can offer is of use and interest to those of you who wish to know more about the dancing of the past.
