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Gloriana Living History
Specialists in historic dance of the 15th and 16th centuries
About
Gloriana are a West Midlands based group performing dances of the Medieval and Tudor periods. We perform for our love of dance and history together with our passion for historical costume.
A brief history of the group.
Gloriana was founded in 1978 to study and recreate dances from the 15th and 16th centuries.
They perform in a range of court costumes from three contrasting periods in history - medieval, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
They have danced at many historic houses and castles and have given talks and demonstrations to societies and clubs as well as for charity and fundraising. They provide Tudor living history workshops to schools, colleges and other settings.
They have appeared on film and TV including with Ruth Goodman for BBC2's Tudor Monastery Farm, on Come Dine with Me and for US television.
Contact
Please feel free to contact us about possible bookings for events or membership.
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Our Services
We offer displays of historic dance for the Mediaeval and Elizabethan periods as well as historical talks.
Presentations
A range of presentations are offered that can be tailored to an event or venue. These usually last for between 30 minutes and 1½ hours, or longer with an interval. Most presentations can be adapted to include opportunities for the audience to participate in the dancing.
Presentations include:
The Tudor Dynasty Through Costume and Dance
A Tudor May Day
Christmas Merrymaking at the Tudor Court
Dances from the Time of William Shakespeare
Display of Elizabethan Dance
Display of Medieval Dance
The Court of Henry VIII
An Elizabethan Spectacle
Dress the Lady costume talk
Historical Talks
We can provide talks for schools and societies. Subjects include early dance, with demonstration and public participation, or costume with an opportunity to handle replica garments, or medicine with our 'wise woman'. These are normally geared to take 1 hour, but timings can be modified if required. Several of our group have personal and professional experience in working with adults and children with disabilities.
Dance Workshops
Gloriana can tutor workshops in dance from the 15th and 16th centuries, All dances are researched and recreated from surviving sources and contemporary accounts.
