While many youth killed the dance floor modern pop, Elli Pots and his friends Hampshire Step back in time, the English country’s complex stages are embrace popularly more than 200 years ago.
As the music begins, about two dozen men and women perform beautified Curtis and bow, extending hands for their partners before going into accurate circles and wide patterns.
Many of his companions, like the Hampshire Regency dancers, MS Pots are a dedicated fan Jane Austen And the entire Regency period.
Beyond studying books and screen optimization, they also research music, make their duration clothes, and immerse themselves in dance austen and their characters would have enjoyed centuries ago.
25 -year -old Ms. Pots said, “I was interested in Jane Austain because I was around 8 or 9.”
“I appeared mainly in (The Dance Group), so I may have balls and things to go into my costumes, but I really joined it. I wonder how much I enjoy the dance.”
This year, there is no lack of grand costume balls and historical dance phenomena for fans such as Ms. Pots, marking the 250th anniversary of Austain’s birth.
At the end of this week, thousands of fans who call themselves “janeites” are landing on the city of the city Bath Celebrating the dear writer for the 10-day festival pride and Prejudice And sense and Sensibility.
Highlight Saturday is a Regency Costume Primed, where some 2,000 People In their best bonnets, there will be a parade through the streets of bow and costumes Bath,
Organizers say Guinness World Record “The biggest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes.”
Fans descend from all over the world
Boney sensible, from IndianaParticipating in his sixth Jane Austen Festive BathThis time, she is bringing a four period dress made by her, and will lead to a tour group of 25 Austain enthusiasts from all. United States,
“I started a tour plan four years ago when I realized that it was a large year for Jane,” Wise, 69 said. He credited the adaptation of 1995. sense and Sensibility With awakening his passion.
“That film only opened a whole new world for me,” she said. “You start with books, movies, then you start joining hats, tea, etiquette … one thing only leads to another.”
Sachdar said that she loves intelligence, humor and social observation in Austain’s books. She also finds her life story inspirational.
“I praise Jane and she succeeded as a woman in that era, her perseverance and her process of becoming a writer,” she said.
Jane Austain Society of North AmericaThe world’s largest organization dedicated to the author, says that it has seen the recent influx of young fans, although most of its members – 5,000 – diagonally till date.
The group president Mary Mintz said, “We are growing all the time because Jane Austain is timeless.” “We have members Japan, IndiaThey come except every continent Antarctica,
Bridgerton Effect
Many festivals HampshireSouthern EnglandWhere Austain was born in 1775.
Used to live in the writer BathA fashionable spa city in the 18th and 19th centuries for five years. Two of his novels, Incentive And Northangar ebeSet in feature scene world Heritage City.
Bath is also a filming place for some parts Bridemon, NetflixOn the Regency period loosely based on period drama, wildly popular modern, when the future King George IV stood as a prince, as his father was considered unqualified to rule due to mental illness.
Thanks to the show, Austain and Regency Style – Think of romantic flowing gowns, elegant ballrooms and high society soares – have become trendy for a new generation.
“I think Jane Austain is growing,” said Pots. “She has definitely become more popular Bridemon,
Step back in time
In a church hall WinchesterOn some streets from where Austain was buried, the Hampshire Regency Dancer in honor of the author this year is gathered weekly to practice for several performances.
The group selects dances that appear in the screen adaptation of Austain’s novels, and members go to laborious expansion to ensure their costumes, under buttons and stitching, are authentic looking.
A retired lawyer Chris Oswald said, “We get into a lot of trouble to bring things closer to the origin as much as possible.”
“It is about getting a better understanding for me what life was, and to get a better understanding of Jane Austain in the process of doing so.”
The Oswald is emotional about the showcase of his group in Hampshire, or what he jokingly calls “Jane Austain Land”.
,People Get quite touching because they are running where Jane Austain was actually gone. They dance in a room in which Jane Austain danced, “He said.” Those who are very special in Jane Austain are very special. ,
Many “Jenites” say that they enjoy making osteen words and imagination comes into life in the community of like -minded people.
Lisa Timbes, a pianitist who researches music in Austain’s life and does it on an ancient pianoforte, calls it clearly: he and his Regency friend “are” stepping back together in time. “
“I think it’s a migration for many people,” said Timbes. “Perhaps it is to avoid the speed, noise and abrasive of the era in which we find ourselves, and in history, there is a desire to return to the pleasures of a very fleeting period and enjoyment of a very fleeting period.”