Dance

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Here are some first categories. They may well change!

Dance Research

  • Dance Bibliography. Includes books, articles,academic studies, and links to notable researchers' websites where appropriate

Social, Ceilidh and Barn Dance

Morris Dance

What is Morris Dancing? One of the leading researchers in the Morris dance field was Roy Dommett[1] and a good starting point for anyone interested in the subject are his notes used as the basis for a lecture given at Scarborough 1999 and published here on a site run by Nigel Sparkes.

  • The Morris Ring [2]
  • The Morris Federation [3]
  • Open Morris [4]
  • A concise discussion about the politics that to the past differences between the above (now mostly healed) [5]
  • Looking for a team near you? Using Sidefinder [6], or Morris Dancing Wiki [7], or Jeff Bigler's Wiki [8]. There are others.



  • The Esperance Morris Book Volume 1 [9] The Esperance Morris Book Volume 2 [10]. Includes tunes. These two volumes were created by Mary Neal and published in 1910. They are freely available in various formats. The description reads: pt 1. A manual of morris dances, folk-songs and singing games.--pt. 2. Morris dances, country dances, sword dances and sea shanties. Notes and steps written by C. Carey; music collected and arranged by G. Toye and C. Carey
  • The Morris book : with a description of dances as performed by the Morris men of England (1912-) [11],Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924 with MacIlwaine, Herbert C

Sword Dance

Step/Clog dance