Welcome to Victorian Dance Ensemble

Thank you for visiting our website. The Victorian Dance Ensemble, the performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation, is a group of living historians who share a love for the grace and beauty of mid-nineteenth century dancing. We are devoted to promoting and advancing educational, cultural, preservation, commemoration and performing arts programs related to the Civil War and Victorian eras.

The Civil War Dance Foundation is primarily a dance group but we do much more than dancing. We offer a wide range of Civil War and mid-Victorian related presentations, including fashion shows, clothing try-on, and displays of period jewelry, photography, newspapers, and militaria. Individual members also present lectures on a variety of topics.

This photograph of the Victorian Dance Ensemble was taken at the historic Dobbin House in Gettysburg by Rob Gibson in 2008. It is a ferrotype, a wet plate photograph, made with an 1860s camera and techniques. Since 1999, the Ensemble has performed at the Dobbin House and the Visitor Center as part of the Gettysburg National Military Park’s Annual Music Muster.

Please browse our site to learn more about us.

We encourage anyone interested engaging the Civil War Dance Foundation for a performance or taking a dance class to contact us. We will be happy to speak with you.

The Civil War Dance Foundation is a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) not for profit charity.

All contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

The organization's exempt purpose is to promote and advance educational, cultural, preservation, commemoration and performing arts programs related to the Civil War and Victorian eras.      

Civil War Dance Foundation
2 Westminster Blvd.
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Email: CivilWarDance@yahoo.com

last updated November 3, 2009