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​May 15, 2025 — Submissions due for ​Historical Dance Symposium​ (June 3-7, 2026) in Burg Rothenfels, Germany (​call for contributions​)
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June 19, 2025, 12:30pm ET — Early Dance Working Group writing discussion with Susan de Guardiola
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June 25-29, 2025 — Dance Studies Association (DSA) annual meeting in Washington, DC
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June 24 — Virtual pre-conference
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June 25
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10am-11am ET — Folger Shakespeare Library Special Collections visit
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June 26 — Early Dance Hub Session 1 (in-person panel)
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"Ancient Dance as a Way of Life" -- Martii Palohemo
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"The Practice of Theory: Reconstructing a 16th-Century Balletto" -- Nona Monahin
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"Dancing the English Civil War" -- Seth Stewart Williams
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June 27 — Early Dance Hub Session 2 (virtual/hybrid panel)
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"Rehearsals as Spectacles: Dance Knowledge and Practice on the Ancient Greek Stage (5th century BCE)" -- Laura Gianvittorio-Ungar
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"Between Theory and Practice: Challenges in Dance Historiography and the Case of Early Dance" -- Eulàlia Polls
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“The Problem with Pantomime: Silent Voices in 18th-century Story Ballet” – Amanda Moehlenpah
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June 28 — Early Dance Hub Session 3 (in-person workshop)
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“Kellom Tomlinson’s Sequences for Teaching” – Ken Pierce
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“Theorizing Medieval Dance Composition and Performance: A Practical Workshop” – Karen Silen
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June 29 — Annual Meeting
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9am-10:30pm ET — Early Dance Working Group Annual Meeting (virtual, all welcome)
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April 16-19, 2026 -- ​Society for Seventeenth-Century Music​ Conference in Greeley, Colorado
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June 3-7, 2026 — ​Historical Dance Symposium​ (June 3-7, 2026) in Burg Rothenfels, Germany
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July 20-26, 2026 -- ​World Shakespeare Congress​ in Verona, Italy
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