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Historical dances are dances that reenact what was danced in times long past, together with music and costumes.

Usually they are danced as performance, but may well be danced for pleasure in the historical dance clubs and societies.

1 Categories of Historical dance


1.1 Medieval dance


1.2 Renaissance dance

1.3 Baroque dance


1.4 Court dance


1.5 Dance in the RegencyA regency is a period when a regent holds power in the name of the current monarch. The term may also refer specifically to the Regency period of the United Kingdom, often called the English Regency. The French equivalent, Regence refers to a specific per era

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We've only just finished The French Revolution and women's fashions enjoy a very brief period of sensibility. Clothing tends to be light and unrestrictive, encouraging dances with lots of skipping and jumping, such as


1.6 Dance in the mid 19th century

Starting with the great international polka craze of 1844 anyone who was anyone was dancing. Women are in hoop skirts, and turning dances help to keep the skirts out of the way.


1.7 Dance in the late 19th century, through 1910 or so

All the same dances that were done in the mid century are still being done in the late century, but by fewer people and with less enthusiasm. Dance masters, in a vain attempt to maintain their place in society and in the economy, invent dances of greater and greater complexity.

The bustle replaces the hoop, which necessitates a few changes in dancing style.

At the same time, Ragtime music begins its infiltration.






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