Upcoming dancing displays for Georgettes of Oxford

Saturday the 18th of July – The Dancing in Pride and Prejudice: Dance Display at the Jane Austen House Museum on Dress-Up Day

Join Georgettes as we recreate the public Meryton Assembly, an impromptu dance at the Lucases’ and a private Netherfield Ball. We will be joined by Actor Erika Sanderson.
Address: The Jane Austen House Musuem, Winchester Rd, Chawton, Alton, GU34 1SD

Saturday the 25th of July – 18th Century Historical dance display and selected scenes from These Old Shades, in collaboration with Erika Sanderson, Patricia Hammond and Capability Consort at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare

A collaborative event celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Georgette Heyer’s novel These Old Shades, which is set in the mid-eighteenth century. It is part of the Phenomenal Females project led by Arts Richmond. The programmes will include scenes from the book, 18th century Baroque and Contra Dances, and Georgian songs by female composers.
Patricia Hammond – Mezzo Soprano
Dr Helen Davidge – Dancer, Director of Georgettes; Actor
Erika Sanderson – Actor
Georgettes of Oxford – Dancers
The Capability Consort – Baroque Dance Quartet
Time: 7-9pm
Address: Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton Court Road, Hampton, London, TW12 2EJ
Ticket cost: Advance booking – £20; £12.50 Book HERE

Sunday the 4th of October – 18th Century Historical dance display at the Weston Library part of the Bodleian, the University of Oxford for the ‘100 Years of These Old Shades Celebration’

Georgettes will be joined by Baroque dance specialists Freya Hadfield and Fernando Santiago for a series of Baroque and Contra Dance Displays showcasing dances from the Palace of Versailles and Georgian London during the afternoon of the 4th of October. Further details about the ‘100 years of These Old Shades Celebration’ can be found here

Previous Displays

Thursday the 18th of December 2025 – Jane Austen Birthday Ball and display at the Bank of England Museum Late

Sunday the 14th of December 2025 – Dance display and dance workshops at the Weston Library, part of the Bodleian for their ‘Dancing with Austen’ exhibition

Saturday the 13th of December 2025 – Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary Regency Birthday Ball at Townhill Park House

Wednesday 3rd of December 2025 – Jane Austen dance display at St John’s College, University of Oxford as part of their celebrations for their ‘Austens at Oxford’ exhibition

Sunday the 10th of August 2025 – Regency Dance Display and Picnic at Broughton Castle

Saturday the 2nd of August 2025 – Dances from the Films of Jane Austen with Loki Music – Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton, London

Saturday the 19th of July 2025 – Regency Dance Display at Jane Austen’s House Chawton

Monday the 30th of June 2025 – Jane Austen Dance Display at Oxford Festival of the Arts with Capability Consort

Sunday the 29th of June 2025 – Regency Dance Display and Picnic at Lydiard Park

Saturday the 17th of May 2025 – Georgian Dance Display at Windsor Castle

Thursday the 17h of April 2025 – Georgian Dance Display at Oxford Assembly Rooms

Saturday the 12th of April 2025 – Regency Dance Display at Oxford Town Hall

Sunday the 23rd of March 2025 – Georgian Contra Dance and Quadrille performance at the Sri Wilayah Ballet Centre in Kuala Lumpur with music by Wicked Music People

Saturday the 22nd of March 2025 – The first Baroque dance display in modern times in Malaysia, performed in Wicked Music People’s concert ‘Resilience’ at the Red Beanbag Café in Kuala Lumpur

Saturday the 1st of February 2025 – Regency Dance Display at Wembley Stadium

Saturday the 3rd of August 2024 – Sancho and Mozart Dance Display with early music group Loki Music at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare in Hampton, London

Sunday the 14th of July 2024 – Georgettes’ Dance Display and Picnic at Broughton Castle

Monday the 6th of May 2024 – Dance Display and Picnic at Cogges Manor Farm Witney

Saturday the 20th of April 2024 – Dance Display at Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire as part of the Lord Byron’s 200th Anniversary of his death

Tuesday the 17th of October 2023 – Sancho Dance display at Paterson Joseph in Conversation, Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of August 2023 – Dancing Display and workshop at Claydon House

Saturday the 24th of June 2023 – Dancing Display at St Peter’s Church Fete, Wolvercote, Oxford