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Pack your Picnic Basket for a Jane Austen Picnic

SUNDAY 9th JULY 11:30 - 5:00 pm Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen with an afternoon of Regency dancing, music and theatre at Houghton Lodge on the banks of the River Test. Hampshire Regency…
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Fashionable Yorkshire – 500 Years of Style

Don't miss this exhibition at Lotherton Fashion Galleries, 17 March to 31 December 2017. The women range from a rich merchant's daughter in the 1600s to an art student living it up in the 1970s.…
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Jane Austen Dancers will star at the Chatsworth Pride & Prejudice Regency Ball

This annual event at Chatsworth House features drinks in the Painted Hall on arrival, a four course dinner and the important part -- a chance to see dancing by the Jane Austen Dancers and to…
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“First Impressions”, A Regency Ball at the Guildhall Library 17 June 7:30-10:30 pm

Discover how it felt to attend a Regency ball in an historic setting with expert dance tuition. Call for your carriage now! Tickets at £40.00 are bookable in person at the Guildhall Library or by…
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Early Modern Dance: Politics and Pleasure — Friday 12 May, 1:30 – 7:30 pm

The King's College London Centre for Early Modern Studies is offering a Dance Workshop. Four lectures will accompany an interactive dance workshop of one and a half hours with Baroque dance specialist Philippa Waite. Speakers and…
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HDS launches the 2nd Edition of their Dance Guide, Il Ballarino

On Saturday 6 May, 10am - 5 pm, Anne Daye and Hazel Dennison will be leading a Renaissance Dance Day Course at Baldock Arts and Heritage Centre, The Old Town Hall, High Street, Baldock SG7…
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Jane Austen hits the 60’s — April 25, 2017

Hampshire Regency Dancers tell us that Helen McArdle and Karen Fitzsimmons will be swinging their way from the Regency into the 1960's, tracing the history of the Empire line dress. Dancers with a fashion sense…
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15TH Century Dance and the Lute Saturday 22 April 2017

Don't miss your opportunity to learn more about the interactions between the 15th century lute, and other instruments, and the complex dances described by Domenico and others. Musicians and dancers will be working together, alongside dance…
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Dance and the City, the 19th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium 18 & 19 April

This year's theme is dance and the city in all its forms. Topics include street dancing, dancing in the theatre, ballroom dancing, dancing at city events, and the consideration of these issues in diaries, letters, novels,…
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Here’s your chance to dance at the City of London Guildhall!

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY! To mark the 200th anniversary of the author Jane Austen, the Guildhall Library invites you to a Regency Ball at the Livery Hall, City of London Guildhall on 17 June…
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