Wiki on Jane Austen suggests her time in Bath was unproductive and that may have been she had a social life.

And my reference to the Jane Austen Dancers, who I have seen in the flesh, was Playfordish. If I said pre-Regency would that describe it any better? Not visually - from what have seen and danced.

Any more than dancing Roger of Coverley (aka Sir Roger de Coverley) or the Virginia Reel. Are they Playford, as defined by the English Dancing Master, or are they E-Ceilidh as defined by the ceilidhnauts I know and dance with 270 years later!

I thnk it is safe to assume they danced some dances that purists would call Playford in the pre-Regency. Much as we do today, with the Waltz and the Valeta and Horses Branle. Jane was a single lass, daughter of a clergyman, she had to move in certain circles, or did I mean conservative?

Gone with the Wind - Scarlet said "let dance the Virginia Reel" and what I saw was probably just that.