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

Corn Rigs (1830 version)

Der halbe mond-1796

Way 1

Way 2
Haste to the Wedding

La Boulanger-1780 or 90

Le Carillon de Dunkerque

Les Ombres Chinoises-1780

Miss Pultney's Fancy-1788

Money Musk

Lady of the Lake

Off She Goes (Preston version)-1805

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

Lancer's Quadrille 1, 2 & 3-1817

Lancer's Quadrille 4 & 5-1817

Savage Dance-1784

Sir Roger de Coverley

Trip to Dunkirk-1794

Bath (or Prussian) Waltz

Cambridge Waltz-1816

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

Duke of Kent's Waltz (as duple)-1801 or 2

Gloucester Waltz

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, as well as their YouTube channel, 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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