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'''''Free Folger Friday: Come for the Dancing, Stay for the Show''''', one of the [[Talks and Screenings at the Folger]], was held in the [[Paster Reading Room]] on Friday, October 21 and Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:00pm.
'''''Free Folger Friday: Come for the Dancing, Stay for the Show''''', one of the [[Talks and Screenings at the Folger]], was held in the '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, October 21 and Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:00pm.


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Alongside [[Folger Theatre]]'s production of [[Sense and Sensibility (2016)/''Sense and Sensibility'']], audiences were invited to a pre-show lesson in English Country Dance led by [https://www.facebook.com/English-Country-Dance-in-Washington-DC-Georgetown-223162524395704/ECD in DC] founder and director '''Michelle Sebastian''' with members of her performance group.  
Alongside [[Folger Theatre]]'s production of [[Sense and Sensibility (2016)|''Sense and Sensibility'']], audiences were invited to a pre-show lesson in '''English Country Dance''' led by [https://www.facebook.com/English-Country-Dance-in-Washington-DC-Georgetown-223162524395704/ ECD in DC] founder and director Michelle Sebastian and members of her performance group.  


English Country Dance is a social, folk dance form, which has its earliest documented instances in the late 16th century and was popular through the Regency era of Jane Austen.
English Country Dance is a social, folk dance form, which has its earliest documented instances in the late 16th century and was popular through the Regency era of Jane Austen.


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[[Category: Folger Theatre]]

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Free Folger Friday: Come for the Dancing, Stay for the Show, one of the Talks and Screenings at the Folger, was held in the Paster Reading Room of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, October 21 and Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:00pm.

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Alongside Folger Theatre's production of Sense and Sensibility, audiences were invited to a pre-show lesson in English Country Dance led by ECD in DC founder and director Michelle Sebastian and members of her performance group.

English Country Dance is a social, folk dance form, which has its earliest documented instances in the late 16th century and was popular through the Regency era of Jane Austen.

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  • ECDinDC-6.jpg

Photo credit: Brittany Diliberto, Bee Two Sweet