Heartland Dance Vancouver presents Jane Austen and Regency English Country Dancing and also Scottish Country Dancing workshops and classes in Vancouver, BC and area. Marie Disiewicz, the teacher, has a passion for Traditional Dance and Traditional Music and to teach dance in this Non Profit organization.
“It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind; but when a beginning is made -- when the felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, felt -- it must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more.”
Jane Austen 1775-1817
British Novelist and Writer
More than anyone else, Robert Burns was
responsible for the survival of hundreds of Scottish tunes including
those used for dancing, many of them still in vogue today.
Verses from the Poet’s tale, “Tam O’ Shanter” and his song “The
Deil’s awa wi th’ Exciseman” provide excellent examples on the theme
of dancing.
Robert Burns 1759–1796
Scottish Poet, Lyricist, Farmer & Exciseman