Events
Norwich and Cambridge Early Dance Weekend 2026
The 2026 residential course was once again held at the University of East Anglia, this time with Sam Gosk as tutor.
“The Allemande: from Couple to Cotillion”
The course ran from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th April 2026 in the peaceful and expansive campus of the University of East Anglia with its unique Sainsbury Centre art museum. A practical course studying the Allemande and the Cotillion was taught by Sam Gosk. Sam has been teaching, performing and researching historical dance for over 15 years. His recent research has focused on the social dances of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sam gave us a very enjoyable if hard working weekend. There was the mix of fairly simple dances from a book of dances named after ‘Blossoms’ which came from the French court while the more complicated Cotillions stretched both mind and body, especially when we danced all nine ‘changes’ in them.
Booking Form:/2026-wkend-UEA-booking-form.pdf
Please contact Harriet Cox if you have any queries or simply to express interest: harrietcpcox@yahoo.co.uk
More pictures and report on the 2024 and 2025 events here: norwichhistoricaldance.norwich-and-cambridge-dance-course
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The 43rd Early Dance Circle Festival will take place in St. Peter’s School, York over the weekend of 30th October – 1st November 2026
NHD took part in the 2025 EDC Festival which was held in Bury St. Edmunds.
The 42nd EDC Festival took place in Bury St. Edmunds over the weekend of 24th – 26th October 2025. The Friday night lecture and the Saturday evening’s Festival dinner and Ball were held in the wonderful old Guildhall.
The dancing took place on the Saturday afternoon in the magnificent ‘Athenaeum’ with its beautiful ballroom.
More pictures can be seen here: galleries/early-dance-circle-festival
The Norwich Assembly Ball
We are looking forward to our 10th Assembly Ball.
Assembly Ball Flyer (reverse) 2026
Date:Saturday 21st November 2026 7.30pm-11.00pm
Venue: The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RQ
MC: Andrew Swaine
Musicians: The Capability Consort
For more information and photos please visit the Assembly Ball page.
