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Capital-Saratoga Region English Country Dances

• Rensselaer English Country Dances - 3rd Sundays (Sept- May) at the Academy Hall, Troy.
• Stockade Assembly - Afternoon semi-formal English Country dances held twice a year, the second Sunday of December and the fourth Sunday of April.
• Capital English Country Dances - First Sundays October - May.  Albany, NY (Channing Hall, First Unitarian Church)
  

What Is English Country Dancing? If you seen any Jane Austen films, you’ve had a glimpse of this graceful dance form that appears in many of her novels including “Pride and Prejudice”. English Country dancing is easy to learn and highly social; you get to dance with a lot of different people and don’t need a regular partner. You can escape the frenzy of the 21 st century and return to a more civilized and elegant era. The gentle aerobic movements are good for the body and the brain.It ranges in mood from light playfulness to delightful elegance, enthusiastically robust to gloriously stately. Dance movements flow in sync with beautiful early classical music from composers such as Purcell and Handel.   ... more

Video of Mr. Beveridge's Maggot  - from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

Lessons in English Country Dance, Don Bell (donbell@nycap.rr.com, 518-273-5172)