Atlanta Historic Dance
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About Us
Atlanta Historic Dance delivers a unique performance experience. Dancers perform researched, period correct dances while modeling the latest fashions of the era. Let us help you create an unforgettable experience for your next event. We offer programs in a variety of dance styles from the 16 th century through the mid-20th century. We bring history alive and are the only group in Atlanta that offers this kind of entertainment. Some of the most popular themes are the Roaring 20's, Masquerade Ball, Bridgerton, Mid-Victorian and the fabulous Swing dance era!
Past performances
High Museum of Art
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Atlanta History Center
Margaret Mitchell House
Wren's Nest
Zoo Atlanta
Inman Park Dance Festival
Dekalb History Center
Northeast Ga. History Center
Barrington Hall
Roswell Historical Society
Anachrocon
Historic Camden
Ga. Independence Day Festival
Film and TV
Amazing Stories
Sleepy Hollow
The Vampire Diaries
The Originals
Dynasty
Hap and Leonard
Free Lover
Bolden
The Boy in the Attic
Mummies Vs. Robots
Slavery in the Civil War
Red Road
The Confetti
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History of Atlanta Historic Dance
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Kat Nagar is the director of the Atlanta Historic Dance Company. She is a performer, teacher, and choreographer of historical social dance. As well as a dance historian, she is also a historical costumer and creates some of the costumes you'll see in performance.
She was a classically trained dancer for 17 years before discovering historical dance at Ga. State University. She performed with the Georgian Dancers for three years and continued her studies at Stanford's Baroque Music and Dance Workshop, and with Consort de Dance Baroque in London, England. She performed Mid-Victorian dance with the Stately Vintage Dancers and eventually took over the group when the director retired. She has performed dance styles, from the 1920s-1960s with History Now, Triple Step Studios, the Atlanta Jazz Preservation Society, Down South Swing and Big City Burlesque and Vaudeville.
Kat Nagar and Chris Wilson formed the Atlanta Baroque Dance company in 1998 to focus on performances of 17th and 18th-century court and country dance. The company name changed to Atlanta Historic Dance 2010 to reflect the wider range of dance eras, 1500’s up through the 1960’s.
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Photo by Salvation Photography