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Last updated 18 january 2010

NEWPORT VINTAGE DANCE WEEK
PLANS ARE UNDERWAY!
August 1 to 6, 2010

Travel back in time to the summer playground of the Gilded Age. Perfect your dancing skills with classes taught by leading experts on vintage dance. Experience the breathtaking opulence of America’s finest ballrooms as you dance in Newport’s famous mansions. Let yourself be immersed in a bygone era as you sip tea by the shore.

We are planning a new and exciting Dance Week for this year, our second year on the campus of Roger Williams University in charming Bristol, RI (just 5 minutes from Portsmouth, approx.30 minutes from Newport). The schedule for 2010 is nearly complete, so please check back to this website frequently for the latest updates. Here are some of the details available for 2010. We hope you are as excited as we are in looking forward to another year amidst the splendours of Newport.
 
Newport 2010 will begin on Sunday, August 1. There will be an optional early arrival on Saturday, July 31. Please note that these are earlier days of the week than in previous years. The dance week will run through Friday morning August 6.

Postcard, collection of Patri J. Pugliese

TEACHING STAFF

The teaching staff for 2010 will include:
 
Margarita Marambio
Barbara Pugliese
Joan Walton

VENUES

The some of our venues for 2010 will include:
 
On Wednesday evening the Mid-Century Ball will once again be at the spectacular Ochre Court!! We are very excited to have the opportunity to dance in this lovely hall once again.
 
We will also be returning to a favorite location, Glen Manor House, for the ragtime Dinner Dance on Thursday night.
 
We will also be visiting the Carousel and Ballroom at Easton’s Beach for an afternoon Seaside Tea Dance.
 

 1890s ball

For more information about the Newport Vintage Dance Week see links below, or please contact Hannah Roberts Artuso at:

E-mail:
Phone: (781) 662-8344 (before 10pm eastern time, please)

FURTHER INFORMATION

FULL ON-LINE 2010 INFORMATION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE THIS INFORMATION IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY
Some information from 2009 is still available to give an impression of the types of events that might be available in 2010.

2009 information:
The 2009 brochure: 2009 Newport Brochure pdf
Registration information and Preliminary Schedule are also available:
   '09 Information Booklet pdf
   '09 Preliminary Schedule pdf
   Campus Map pdf

Newport costuming suggestions: Newport costume brochure pdf
 
General information:
General costuming suggestions: CVD costume resources
Directions and a map of the campus: maps and directions to Bristol, RI
The latest Gazette: Newport Gazette Archives
Newport Vintage Dance Week Photo Gallery 2008

 
If you just can´t wait until August, please view our list of Upcoming Events in New England.
 
Or, if you are just interested in these time periods, perhaps the Etiquette Hints for the mid- Nineteenth Century Ball Room, a compilation of suggestions from etiquette books c1860-1870.
 
If you would like more detailed costuming ideas take a look at the fashions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries on Katy Bishop's Vintage Victorian website.