18K views · 280 reactions | How did people learn to dance in the Regency era? Jack Murphy, dance choreographer on Bridgerton, explains how the elite of the Regency period would have learned the complicated dances that many period dramas so often recreate on screen... | HistoryExtra | Facebook

Wait until you hear the Regency era dating rule that made me GASP 👀 In Jane Austen’s time, if a gentleman asked you to dance, you HAD to dance TWO full dances with him. That’s like 20 minutes of forced conversation with no escape route. Suddenly all those balls in Pride & Prejudice hit different. Like NO WONDER it was such a big deal who asked you to dance! I learned these actual Regency dances on my Jane Austen tour in Bath and honestly? My modern sedentary body was NOT prepared 😂 But now whe