Few activities bring Social History
more fully to life than dances from past eras; they capture
the mood of an earlier age, its music, its fashions, and manners.
In recent years, a growing public appreciation of our cultural
heritage has awakened interest in recreating the dances of days
gone by. This revival incorporates both serious scholarship
and research, and the preservation, through performance and
participation, of social dances from the sixteenth through the
nineteenth centuries.
The Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble
is available for performances, workshops, and programs of various
lengths, themes, and historic eras. Each program is individually
created for the presentation site, event or theme, and includes
narration about the dances, social customs, and fashions of
the historic era represented.
