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Academy of Danse Libre
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Performing group for 19th and early 20th century social dance, based in California. Includes information about upcoming performances, and photos from past performances.
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Bohemian National Polka
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Choreography by Richard Powers, intended to portray the original 1830s National Style of Polka from Bohemia.
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Centuries Historical Dance
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Performance troupe based in Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Information about performances and workshops.
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Company Q
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Denver based band playing instruments from the American frontier of 1865, for dances, re-enactments, and historical programs. Includes descriptions of the dances and the required etiquette.
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Grand Traditions Vintage Dance Academy
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Covering dances from the Victorian era through the Ragtime, 1920s, and swing periods. Social dance classes, workshops, and balls in Michigan, for dancers of all levels.
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Historical Ballroom Dancing
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Article by Lydia Joyce on writing ballroom scenes in historical fiction.
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Lexington Vintage Dance Society
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Based in Kentucky. Information about the dances, classes, balls, and performances by the Swan Salon Dancers.
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Lively Arts History Association: Vintage Dance
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Dance classes and balls in southern California. Includes the Social Daunce Irregulars' site.
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Mixed Pickles
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Philadelphia based company performing American dances from the colonial period to the 1940s. Site contains information about the dances and their reconstruction, tips on good etiquette, dance cards, a bibliography of primary sources, and a calendar of events.
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Period Events and Entertainments Re-Creation Society (PEERS)
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Dedicated to the performing arts of the past. Includes information about period balls and vintage dance classes in California.
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Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble
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Includes photographs of the group and their costumes, and essays on social dance.
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Terpsichore - Her Votaries and Fashions
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Background and partial transcription of this 1898 publication covering Irish country dances, quadrilles and couple dances.
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The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers
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Reconstructing, performing and teaching social dances of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Site includes information about the annual Newport Vintage Dance Week, and upcoming events in and around New England.
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The Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance
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Cincinnati Ohio based organization dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. Site includes essays, bibliographies, and information about classes, performances and balls.
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The Pomander Club
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Social dances from the 19th century, ragtime era, and 1920s. Site includes information about the group, the dances, and classes and balls in Palo Alto, California.
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Victorian Dance Ensemble
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Specializing in dance from the 1860s. Includes some background on the dances, and information about upcoming demonstrations, balls, and classes in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Also contains information about their video: Civil War Dance Instruction.
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Victorian Events Calendar
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Listings include period balls, vintage dance programs, concerts, exhibits and symposiums.
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Vintage Music and Dance Society
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Connecticut based group. Information about performances by their performing troupe "Polite Society", a list of dances taught, a reconstructed quadrille variation, and a discography.
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Ye Gaskell Occasional Dance Society
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Victorian balls in Oakland, California, preceded by a class covering the evening's dances. Includes dates of upcoming dances, maps, and a mailing list form.
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Bordonian Heritage Dancers
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Historical dance performance and teaching group in Canberra, Australia.
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Ellis Rogers and Quadrille Club
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Includes information about classes in London, his book "The Quadrille", and a photo gallery.
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Forget-Me-Not
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Cincinnati, Ohio based company performing social dances from early 19th century to the First World War.
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Social Daunce Irregulars Victorian Grand Ball
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Regular balls in California. Also includes information about classes, and photo and video galleries.
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The Congress of Vienna Waltz
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A recording of the music for the Congress of Vienna Waltz.
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The Louisiane Vintage Dancers
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Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Includes photo galleries, and information about classes, balls and performances.
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