Buxton Georgian Festival Talk: Narrow examinations’ and ‘thoro inspections’ by Hillary Burlock

Narrow examinations’ and ‘thoro inspections’: Dancing at the Georgian Assembly Rooms

What would it be like to attend a ball at the assembly rooms in Georgian Britain?

What would it be like to attend a ball at the assembly rooms in Georgian Britain? From the opening minuets to the closing country dances, this talk explores the colourful characters, the stunning spaces, and the triumphs and faux pas within the assembly rooms in Buxton and beyond.

Join Dr Hillary Burlock as she navigates the spoken and unspoken rules of the Georgian ballroom.

Bio: Hillary Burlock is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Liverpool, working on the histories of British assembly rooms in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Hillary Burlock was awarded her PhD in History at Queen Mary University of London in 2022 where her thesis explored intersections between Georgian political culture and social dance from 1760 to 1832.

She has held fellowships at the Lewis Walpole Library, Huntington Library, and Royal Archives, and has recently published a collection of essays on the cultural influence of Bath’s Assembly Rooms with Routledge.

You may also like the following events from Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust:

• Next Friday, 4th July, 01:00 pm, Crafternoons in The Pump Room - Social Arts & Crafts for Adults in Buxton
• Next Saturday, 5th July, 10:30 am, Introduction to Slow Stitching in Buxton
• Next month, 10th July, 06:30 pm, Fringe Talk: VERA BRITTAIN AND BUXTON – A DIFFERENT STORY by Katheryn Ecclestone in Buxton

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