John Ruzicka wasn’t quite himself when he stepped into the large, stately room at the top of a grand staircase in the Elks Lodge in downtown Alameda. On that Tuesday night in November, as on most ...

The Victorian Eras themes of freedom and revelry were manifest in the ballroom dancers added new embellishments to classic dances Volume V of the How to Dance Through Time introduces 24 versions of ...

Inside the Pasadena Masonic Temple on a Saturday night, it’s the 19th century once more. Women in floor-length gowns that balloon out from the waist and men dressed in military tailcoats are streaming ...

More than a dozen members of the Victorian Dance Ensemble demonstrated Civil War dancing to visitors to the Fort Hunter Garden Faire. As rain fell on the Centennial Barn roof, the visitors listened to ...