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The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers
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MASSACHUSETTS
A dance troupe based near Boston;
performing troupe and sponsor of balls, workshops and the
Newport Vintage Dance Week held each
year in Newport County, RI in August. |
Vintage Victorian
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MASSACHUSETTS
Each July, Vintage Victorian hosts the
Nahant Victorian Day Ball. Vintage Victorian publishes books on authentic costuming for
reenactors as well as for vintage dancers. .
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The Vintage Dance Society
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CONNECTICUT
A dance troupe directed by Marc Casslar and based in Hartford; sponsors
Balls, performances and other Vintage Events throughout the year.
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email Moments in Time
(c/o Bob Chapman)
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CONNECTICUT
Moments in Time sponsors regular dances, both formal and informal in the
Hartford area, including the annual Holiday 19th Century Ball. |
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Elegant Arts Society
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CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY
The primary mission of the Elegant Arts Society is
to promote historically-accurate Regency-era social dance, particularly in the
tri-state area and the rest of the Northeastern United States. Secondarily,
they support and promote historical social dance of other periods of interest, ranging
from the 15th through the early 20th centuries.
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Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
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NEW JERSEY
Located in Cape May. Sponsors two vintage dance workshops
each year, one in April and another in October during their
Victorian Week events.
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The Metropolitan Vintage Dance and Social Club
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NEW JERSEY
Sponsors vintage dance balls and social events.
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Centuries Historical Dance
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WASHINGTON, DC
A performance troupe dedicated to recreating and presenting period social dances in
the Metro DC area. Focus is mostly on 19th and early 20th century social dances, but
their repertoire also includes dances from the Renaissance, and folk couple dance
styles.
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MiXED PiCKLES
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PENNSYLVANIA
Dance troupe based in and around Philadelphia, directed by Bob Skiba,
researches, performs and teaches American dances from the colonial period all the way up
through the 1940s.
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Lansdowne
Vintage Dancers
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PENNSYLVANIA
Based in the Philadelphia area, Lansdowne Vintage Dancers is an organization of
dancers dedicated to providing a regular venue for dancers to enjoy vintage dance.
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Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance
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OHIO
A dance troupe based in and around Cincinnati; sponsor of
vintage balls and workshops throughout the year.
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Grand Traditions
Vintage Dance
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MICHIGAN
Grand Traditions Vintage Dance Academy, founded in 1990 by Arlynn Hacker in Ann
Arbor, , invites you to experience vintage dance. Offers workshops and balls, focusing on dances
from the mid-19th through mid-20th centuries.
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Lexington
Vintage Dance Society
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KENTUCKY
The Lexington Vintage Dance Society, with headquarters in Lexington, is dedicated to researching, teaching, performing, and
promoting the ballroom and social dance forms of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Academy of Danse Libre
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CALIFORNIA
A performing troupe based in Palo Alto, (near Stanford) under the direction of
Eduardo Maragliano and John Beale. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the lively
exhibition of 19th and early 20th century social dances.
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Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble
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CALIFORNIA
Based in Stanford, The Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble, directed by Richard
Powers, performs social dances from the 19th and early twentieth centuries, from the
Victorian to the Ragtime and Swing eras. Mr. Powers also organizes the
Stanford Waltz Week held (usually) each year in June.
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PEERS
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CALIFORNIA
PEERS (the Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society) is a vintage
music and social dance organization in the San Francisco Bay Area that gives
monthly period balls, generally set in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Social Daunce Irregulars
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CALIFORNIA
The Social Daunce Irregulars have been presenting Victorian Balls in the Pasadena
area since 1988. they are dedicated to keeping the tradition
of the 19th Century Grand Ball alive in an otherwise gray and pedestrian world.
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The Bay Area
English Regency Society
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CALIFORNIA
The Bay Area English Regency Society is a vintage music
and social dance group in the San
Francisco Bay Area in California. Holds monthly dance parties and
several period fancy-dress historical balls throughout each year.
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The San Diego Vintage Dancers
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CALIFORNIA
A social dance group located in San Diego; an affiliate of the
Lively Arts History Association, present a variety of vintage dance events
every year.
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The Lively Arts
History Association
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CALIFORNIA
An organization dedicated to fostering an understanding of history through the
performing arts. LAHA is a resource which can be called upon by historic sites, museums, civic
organizations, educators and others interested in making history accessible and interesting.
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We Make History
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ARIZONA
A dance group which runs historic dance events.
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Hof-Dantzer Make History
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AUSTRIA
The ensemble HOF-DANTZER, led by Hannelore Unfried, based in Vienna continues the
tradition of the golden age of Viennese dance culture. |
Vintage Dancing in Australia
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AUSTRALIA
Vintage Dancing isn't only done in the US and Europe. Earthly Delights provides a
host of vintage related links including dances, music, and costuming. They also
have a list of Upcoming Events you might be interested in if you are in
the Canberra region.
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John Burrow's Vintage Dance Calendar
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A well kept list of the Vintage Dance happenings around the United
States (and sometimes beyond).
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Musicians |
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Spare Parts
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On piano and flute, Bill Matthiesen and Liz Stell play a variety of dance
music, including romantic couples dances, contra, and English Country, as well as
historically accurate programs for Regency, Victorian (mid-nineteenth century through 1890s
and ragtime dances. Argentine tangos are a special interest of theirs. Their CD entitled
The Civil War Ballroom is ideal for
recreating a Victorian Ball.
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email Roy Wiseman
director of
The New River Dance Orchestra
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The New River Dance Orchestra provides period dance music for
Victorian and Ragtime Balls, their speciality is the music of the
Ragtime and Early Jazz eras.
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Dance History Research Sites |
Library of Congress
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An American Ballroom Companion presents a collection of over two hundred social
dance manuals at the Library of Congress.
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Dance Card Museum
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The Dance Card Museum is located at 152-154 Spring Street, Newport, Rhode Island.
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Vintage Dance Images
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Vintage Dance Images are reproduced from wonderful antique dance postcards and
piano sheet music, most from pre-1920.
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Suppliers |
Dance Card Pencils
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At this time there are no companies that we know of producing dance card pencils.
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