Directory of Vintage Resources

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Vintage dance is historical ballroom dance from around 1800 into the first half of the 20th century.

Resources in This Category

• Academy of Danse Libre

  http://www.danselibre.org/
  Performing group for 19th and early 20th century social dance, based in California. Includes information about upcoming performances, and photos from past performances.

• Bohemian National Polka

  http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/BNP.htm
  Choreography by Richard Powers, intended to portray the original 1830s National Style of Polka from Bohemia.

• Grand Traditions Vintage Dance Academy

  http://www.vintagedance.com/
  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.

• Lexington Vintage Dance Society

  http://www.lexingtonvintagedance.org/
  Based in Kentucky. Information about the dances, classes, balls, and performances by the Swan Salon Dancers.

• Social Daunce Irregulars Victorian Grand Ball

  http://victoriandance.org/
  Regular balls in California. Also includes information about classes, and photo and video galleries.

• Terpsichore - Her Votaries and Fashions

  http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/dance/leggett/leggett3.htm
  Background and partial transcription of this 1898 publication covering Irish country dances, quadrilles and couple dances.

• The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers

  http://vintagedancers.org/
  Reconstructing, performing and teaching social dances of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Information about the annual Newport Vintage Dance Week, and upcoming events in and around New England.

• The Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance

  http://www.vintagedance.net/
  Cincinnati Ohio based organization dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. Essays, bibliographies, and information about classes, performances and balls.

• Triangle Vintage Dance

  http://www.trianglevintagedance.com/
  Group organising Victorian balls and regular dance classes in North Carolina.

• Victorian Dance Ensemble

  http://www.civilwardance.org/
  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.

• Victorian Events Calendar

  http://www.burrows.com/events.html
  Listings include period balls, vintage dance programs, concerts, exhibits and symposiums.

• Vintage Dance and History in Southern California

  http://www.lahacal.org/
  A calendar of events.

• Vintage Music and Dance Society

  http://www.vintagedancing.com/
  Connecticut based group. Information about performances by their performing troupe "Polite Society", a list of dances taught, a reconstructed quadrille variation, and a discography.

• Ye Gaskell Occasional Dance Society

  http://www.gaskellball.com/
  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.

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Performing Arts > Dance > Ballroom
• Home > Arts > Performing Arts > Dance > Swing
• Home > Recreation > Living History > By Topic > Costumes > Period > 19th Century
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