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Step back in time at these Eastern and Western dance history sites. Some offer other historical information, such as how to make costumes.

Dance History Resources from Artslynx - Hands down the motherlode of dance links with extensive resources to history tutorials and timelines for ballet, Renaissance, modern and more.

Earthly Delights - This extensive Australian site offers dances, music, tips and costumes for dances from medieval through Edwardian. Costumes and materials are shown... pre-made, for those less handy, are available.

Renaissance Dance - RenDance is a complete resource. Music, choreography, costume and more are covered. Everything for the medieval feast, except the knights in shining armor, are covered.

The Calendar of Early Dance - Stefan Kühn's love of historical dance and surfing the Net brings combines into a user friendly, multilingual site with upcoming events, classes in your area, clean links and a wonderful picture gallery.

A History of Irish Dance - Going back to the Celts and ending with RIverdance, this site covers it all. Links to more Irish cultural coverage including music and songs (and a delicious Irish Soda Bread recipe).

Free to Dance - Dance Timeline - The PBS television special chronicaling the history of black dance in America from 1691 to 2001 with clickable thumbnail images.

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