Be the Belle of the Antebellum Ball!

You know how to dress for a Victorian Ball,
but do you know how to dance?

The Library of Congress features over seventy video clips of historical period dances on their online "American Memory" site. From these videos, we have chosen the most popular mid-19th century dances and provided links to each video, plus links to the pages in the manuals that discuss that particular dance. So gather-up your dancing shoes and be prepared to dance!  [CLICK for full article]