Dance Instructions

Dance instructions can be purchased from:

Organisation

Description

Folk shop based in the UK run by Genni and Darren Grainger.

Online store of the Country Dance and Song Society based in the US.

Folk shop based in Belgium.

Below is a list of dance instructions available on the internet.

Name

Description

Dances to tunes by Carolan

Dances by Colin Hume

Most of the source of Cecil Sharp's six volumes

Thomas Green's list of barn dance information including lots of dances

An Open Educational Resource listing every dance in every edition of The Dancing Master, with step-by-step instructions, modern music notation, and thorough indexes of publication information, musical aspects, and every dance step used in each dance.

A database to find

- the published source of a given dance.
- suitable recorded music for a given dance.
- other dances by the same author or in the same publication. 

A link to a website where dance instructions can be found is also listed where available

information and instructions for all the dances in the third volume of the Barnes book.

Dances that have a "local" connection, being devised by members of folk dance clubs in the Mersey and Deeside area (MADFolk). 

Regency dances of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Dances by Sharon Green

Dances by Pat Shaw

Dances by John Sweeney

Dances from English Dance & Song - 1921-1989

A selection of ten simple English dances that we recommend for beginning callers and/or beginning dancers.

Dance Figures Index: English Country Dances, 1650-1833. Compiled by Robert M. Keller,
The Colonial Music Institute

Original dances and interpretations by Charles Bolton

The Dancing Master 1651–1728. An Illustrated Compendium by Robert M. Keller

Original dances and interpretations by Ken Sheffield

Dance Animations by George W. Williams V

The best of the Country Dance and Song Society Diamond Anniversary Music, Song and Dance Contest

An index of country dances and where they are published.

Dance Figures Index: American Country Dances, 1710-1830. Compiled by Robert M. Keller, The Colonial Music Institute.

A list of English Ceilidh dances.