Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy

From Monaro Folk Society

The dance activities run by John and Aylwen Gardiner-Garden started as part of the Monaro Folk Society in 1987 on Aspen Island. Since then the activities have become a fulltime passion.


John and Aylwen run their non-profit dance activities in Canberra, with dance classes, costume balls and various special workshops. John is dance teacher, caller and musician. Regularly through the year he calls & plays for bush dances, weddings, parties and historical balls. Aylwen organises the events, makes historical costumes and now has a library of antique garments/fans/shoes/parasols that are put on exhibition once a year. More recently her event organising experience has led her to organising the hugely popular Jane Austen Festival of Australia every April. Please contact her if you wish to present a talk or teach a class.

Upcoming Dates:
2-4 Oct 2010 Victorian Era Costume Making Weekend in Yarralumla
16 Oct 2010 Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen Ball
20 Nov 2010 Time Travelers Ball
6 Mar 2011 Elizabethan Dance Performance at the Smith Family Open Day at the Governor General's Residence
14-17 April 2011 Jane Austen Festival Australia
18-21 April 2011 Victorian Era Dance Week

Dance Classes:
Saturdays at the [ ANU], 4pm - 6.30pm Wednesdays in Yarralumla, 7pm - 9:30pm

• Discount Online Tickets
  
• Earthly Delights Website
  
• Saturday & Wednesday Night Dance Classes
  
• Upcoming Public Dances
  
• Historical Costumes
  
• Jane Austen Festival of Australia (JAFA) 14-17 April 2011
  

About Us
Earthly Delights has established itself as a first class dance band, and is a major presence on the concert and function scene. Since being founded in 1995 this Canberra-based band has filled hundreds of different public and private bills including weddings (Medieval, Scottish, Irish, English, indoor and outdoor garden weddings), parties, folk festivals, folk dances, dances, galleries and exhibition openings, conferences, Floriade, St Patrick's Day gigs, Old English Fayres, Medieval Feasts, French & Hungarian events, open gardens, school dances/fairs/fetes, shopping centre launches and bush dances (including medieval bush dances!) in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and at the coast. Read more about John and the other band members.