Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Regency dance albums

I discovered these albums on Amazon and am absolutely in love with them! I find them perfect for adding depth to any regency era novel dance scene:




Some examples of Regency dances, some which appear on those albums...enjoy!

Ally Croaker-1809

A Trip to Tunbridge-1793

Corn Rigs-1830 version

Der halbe mond-1796

Way 1

Way 2
Haste to the Wedding

Knole Park-1791/1809

La Boulanger-1780 or 90

Lady of the Lake

Le Carillon de Dunkerque

Miss Pultney's Fancy-1788

Money in Both Pockets-1794

Money Musk

Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay's Reel-1808

Off She Goes (Preston version)-1805

Paddy O'Boderam-1799

Paine's 1st set of quadrilles-1815 or 16

Lancer's Quadrille 1, 2 & 3-1817

Lancer's Quadrille 4 & 5-1817

Wilson's 1st Set (Q1), 1st La Juliette-1817

Wilson's 2nd Set (Q1), 5th La Biche (The Hind)-1817

Ramsgate Assembly-1795

Regency Reel-1800

Savage Dance-1784

Sir Roger de Coverley-1808/1816

The Hop Ground-1794

The Salamanca Castanets-1813

Trip to Dunkirk-1794

Bath (or Prussian) Waltz

Cambridge Waltz-1816

Madame Bonaparte's Waltz-1803

Miss Bedford's Waltz-1813 (obviously the wrong outfits, but still definitely period dance wise)

Duke of Kent's Waltz-1801 or 2

Gloucester Waltz

Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz-1801

Wilson's Waltz Suite-1816

Wilson Slow French Waltz-1816

Should you be interested in more, do check out RegencyDances.org, a site dedicated to exactly that, this book by Susannah Fullerton


And this wonderful spiral bound book by Allison Thompson which can be found on her site


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