Dance
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
- Dance Publishers
- Historical Resources
- 17th Century Dances
- 18th Century Dances
- 19th Century Dances
- 20th Century Dances
- Dancing in a new Millenium
Morris and Sword 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