Vintage Resources from Performing Arts Directory

Academy of Danse Libre - 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 - Choreography by Richard Powers intended to portray the original 1830s National Style of Polka from Bohemia.

Centuries Historical Dance - Performance troupe based in Washington DC Maryland and Northern Virginia. Information about performances and workshops.

Company Q - 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.

Grand Traditions Vintage Dance Academy - 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.

Historical Ballroom Dancing - Article by Lydia Joyce on writing ballroom scenes in historical fiction.

Lansdowne Vintage Dancers - Based in the Philadelphia area. Includes information about upcoming events.

Lexington Vintage Dance Society - Based in Kentucky. Information about the dances classes balls and performances by the Swan Salon Dancers.

Lively Arts History Association: Vintage Dance - Dance classes and balls in southern California. Includes the Social Daunce Irregulars' site.

Mixed Pickles - 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.

Period Events and Entertainments Re-Creation Society (PEERS) - Dedicated to the performing arts of the past. Includes information about period balls and vintage dance classes in California.

Social Daunce Irregulars Victorian Grand Ball - Regular balls in California. Also includes information about classes and photo and video galleries.

Stanford Vintage Dance Ensemble - Includes photographs of the group and their costumes and essays on social dance.

Terpsichore - Her Votaries and Fashions - Background and partial transcription of this 1898 publication covering Irish country dances quadrilles and couple dances.

The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers - 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.

The Congress of Vienna Waltz - A recording of the music for the Congress of Vienna Waltz.

The Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance - 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.

The Pomander Club - 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.

Victorian Dance Ensemble - 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 - Listings include period balls vintage dance programs concerts exhibits and symposiums.

Victorian Scottish Workshop and Ball - Annual May event in San Juan Bautista California. Registration information and news.

Vintage Music and Dance Society - 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 - 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.