Nonesuch was founded in 1988 as a way to entice people into participating in English Country Dance and to delight audiences with the beauty of the dances. The group has performed at Folklife and other ethnic festivals: the Shoreline Arts festival, for nursing homes, senior centers, schools and for Jane Austen events and in conjunction with an early music concert. Dances are staged to present a variety of patterns, meters, and moods, flowing magically from one formation to the next and ranging from lyric elegance to noisy exuberance to playful flirtatiousness. Victoria Bestock is the Artist Director.