How to behave in a Regency ballroom

Ballroom, Scarborough, from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough
by F Wrangham, W Combe and J B Papworth Pub Ackermann (1813) from Metropolitan Museum of ArtWhy was dancing so important?

In Regency society, dancing was more than just a pleasurable activity. A young lady of quality taking part in the round of balls and other events that comprised the London season knew she was not there simply to have fun. Her aim (and even more so that of her parents) was to make a good match – to attract a suitable...