Barleycorn Country Dancers
Dancers and musicians who perform at renaissance faires in California. Includes a short introduction to the dances, and an opinion on bad dancers.
Dafydd's Collection of Playford's Englis
Reconstructions of a selection of dances, mainly from the first edition.
Estienne's Country Dance Book
Descriptions of steps, and reconstructions of selected dances.
Lark in the Morn
Mainly 17th and 18th century dances, in Knoxville Tennessee.
Merri Pryanksters
Information about rehearsals in California, plus descriptions of the dances from the first edition of Playford, with abbreviations expanded and spellings modernized.
New York Playford Ball
Information about balls from 1990 to 1999. Includes a collection of dance sheets.
Newcastle English Country Dancers
California-based dancers and musicians performing historical English country and Morris dances. Includes information about their performances, and reconstructions of some dances.
Nicolas Broadbridge
Caller, teacher, musician and researcher based in Scotland. Information about dance groups in Edinburgh and Glasgow, music groups, and books and CDs for sale.
Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playf
Article from The Letter of Dance. Describes the process of reconstructing The Bonny Bonny Broom.
The British Library: John Playford and The English
Virtual exhibition covering Playford's publications and influence, illustrated with items from the Library's collection.
The Dancing Master
HTML transcription of the second edition of Playford (1653), with scans of the original music.
The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Comp
Coded figures, facsimiles and other data for all of the 1,053 known dances published in various editions of Playford. Also includes some background information.
The English Dancing Master by John Playford 1651
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/pc2d@andrew.cmu.edu/danc
The complete text of the first edition. Includes links to some of the music.
The Strafford Ball
Annual Playford-style ball in Strafford, Vermont. Includes dance instructions for previous and upcoming balls.