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Dance is great. We dance for joy! We've always danced, as long as any of us can remember.
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''Category Editor - Keith Chandler''
  
Where is the most folk dancing done? At Weddings.
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Here are some first categories. They may well change!
  
Some people call them barn dances, some call them ceilidhs, or even the American term 'Hoe Down' and that's a good name, referring as it does to stopping work with your hoe and tripping the light fantastic.
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==Social, Ceilidh and Barn Dance==
  
Some people dance on their own - [[Clog Dancing]], [[Step Dancing]] and from the western side of the Atlantic pond, [[Flat Footing]].
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===History===
  
Then there's [[Morris]], [[Longsword]] and [[Rapper]] dancing.
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* [[Dancing Masters]]
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* [[Dance Publishers]]
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* [[Historical Resources]]
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* [[The Social Dance Movement]]
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* [[The Ceilidh Movement]]
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===Dances===
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* [[17th Century Dances]]
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* [[18th Century Dances]]
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* [[19th Century Dances]]
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* [[20th Century Dances]]
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* [[21st Century Dances|Dancing in a new Millenium]]
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==Morris Dancing==
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What is Morris Dancing?  One of the leading researchers in the Morris dance field is Roy Dommett 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 [http://www.opread.force9.co.uk/RoyDommet/Others/Whatno.htm here] on a site run by Nigel Sparkes.
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* [[South Midland Morris]]
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* [[Cotswold Morris]]
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* [[Border Morris]]
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* [[North West Morris]]
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* [[Molly]]
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* [[Carnival Morris]]
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* [[Garland]]
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==Sword Dancing==
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* [[Longsword]]
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* [[Rapper]]
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==Step/Clog dance==
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* [[Lakeland]]
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* [[Lancashire]]
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* [[Durham]]
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* [[Clog Dance Research]]
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==Dance Research==
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* [[Dance Bibliography]]

Revision as of 09:32, 18 February 2016

Category Editor - Keith Chandler

Here are some first categories. They may well change!

Social, Ceilidh and Barn Dance

History

Dances

Morris Dancing

What is Morris Dancing? One of the leading researchers in the Morris dance field is Roy Dommett 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.


Sword Dancing

Step/Clog dance

Dance Research