Jane and Bingley's first dance - Pride and Prejudice (2005)

This, of course, is from the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice directed by Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen. This is Jane Bennet (Rosamund Pike) and Charles Bingley's (Simon Woods) first dance, at the Meryton Assembly. I didn't see this video on YouTube anywhere, so I added it myself. :)

I love the dancing in this movie, especially during the Meryton Assembly. It captures so well the energy and fun of this kind of dancing, and clearly shows how young people in this period partied! :) (See my favorite dance from this movie here: https://youtu.be/_JnJzjKjNbo)

After much searching and help from others, including Andrea who commented below (Thanks Andrea!), I can say with confidence that the tune is called Black Bess. The tune can be found here, on the Traditional Tune Archive: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Black_Bess.
The dance they're doing here is not at all related to the Playford dance of the same name though, which was first published in 1696 and is written out here: https://www.ottawaenglishdance.org/playford/doku.php?id=ins_black_bess. I think the dance here is a creation by the film's choreographer, Jane Gibson. There is a video of the dance Black Bess by the Gainesville Florida group (they record everything!), here: https://youtu.be/v3PI_vhphLQ.

I also just checked my own iTunes collection and discovered I have a recording of Black Bess! It's by the Assembly Players, on their album A Purcell Ball. I'm not sure if the track is available by itself, but folks can buy the CD with it here: https://www.nicolasbroadbridge.com/CD_Shop.html

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