19th century

Dr John Gardiner-Garden is a dance teacher, researcher, performer, leader, choreographer, organiser and musician (on hurdy-gurdy, border pipes and wooden flute) with 25 years of experience. He is well-respected for the rigour he brings to his historical research, the creativity he brings to his his productions and the enthusiasm he brings to his teaching. He is literate in every dance notation system from the 15th to the19th century and possesses a library of over 200 historic dance manuals.

Performing group dedicated to Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Regency, Victorian and Vintage Dance. Classes offered weekly at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Interstate and Overseas Tours, Festivals and Dance Events.

Klassische Tanzausbildung, Studium der Schulmusik, Rhythmik und Musikwissenschaft.

Seit 1980 Rekonstruktion von historischen Tänzen des 15. - 19. Jahrhunderts nach den Primärquellen, Entwicklung eines eigenen Tanzstils. Auftritte als Solistin der Ensembles Antica Nova und Historisches Tanztheaters München (1983-1996), Leiterin der Gruppen Ensemble Capriol (1986-1994) und La Danza München (seit 1999).

Jane Austen Society Florence is an association founded by event organiser, costume designer and dancer Margarita Martinez in 2008. Together with Atelier de Danse, Florence, they hold an annual Jane Austen and/or Napoleonic Ball open to international guests, faithfully reproducing a Ball from that period; dancing, music, orchestration, buffet, clothes, manners, games and culture.
Dances performed are: the menuet (1810), quadrilles, contredanses françaises, contredanses anglaises, cotillons, ecossaises and waltzes (1810),