Step back in time and join Aylwen and John Gardiner-Garden of the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy for a historical costume and dance tour of England this September. We have space for 15 guests to join us on tour around London and South-West England. The tour includes all accommodation & breakfast; entry to balls, museums, manor houses, palaces and exhibitions; 7-day travel card in London; entry to dance and costume workshops; private coach travel in Wiltshire; and more.

Chess, based on J. Kochanowski's peom, is a ballet and pantomime performance with music of the Polish, Italian and French Renaissance. The poem is presented to the audience through dance, pantomime and the spoken word. The ingenious and humorous text reveals the genuine feelings and emotions of the characters, while the vivid and dynamic plot provides ideal material for a performance based on Renaissance dance and pantomime movement.

This performance transports the viewer into the magical world of the Polish cinema of the interwar period.

This performance transports the viewer into the magical world of the Polish cinema of the interwar period.

‘Ballet about Coffee’to the music of J.S Bach falls within the tradition of ballets with fanciful and exotic subjects staged in the 17th and 18th centuries. Created on the basis of steps and figures of Baroque dance, as well as elements of the pantomime of the day, this humorous performance alludes to the fashion of drinking what was an original beverage at that time.

Chess, based on J. Kochanowski's peom, is a ballet and pantomime performance with music of the Polish, Italian and French Renaissance. The poem is presented to the audience through dance, pantomime and the spoken word. The ingenious and humorous text reveals the genuine feelings and emotions of the characters, while the vivid and dynamic plot provides ideal material for a performance based on Renaissance dance and pantomime movement.