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Dance Morris: more books (101)

Moving Words: Re-Writing Dance
Music and Dance (Discovering World Cultures) by Neil Morris, 2001-06
Mark Morris by Joan Acocella, 2004-11-30
My Life in Movement by Margaret Morris, 1969-12
Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands, 1660-1900: A Chronological Gazetteer (Publications of the Folklore Society: Tradition) by Keith Chandler, 1993-12-19
Morris Dance At Revesby (Folklore History Series) by T. Fairman Ordish, 2010-08-25
History And the Morris Dance: A Look at Morris Dancing from Its Earliest Days Until 1850 by John Cutting, 2006-03-30
Ribbons, Bells and Squeaking Fiddles: The Social History of Morris Dancing in the English South Midlands, 1660-1900 (Publications of the Folklore Society - Tradition) by Keith Chandler, 1993-12
My Favourite Stories of Wales by Jan Morris, 1987-11-27
Dance Spirit May/June 2010 Heather Morris/Glee on Cover, A Dance Odyssey, 12 Days at the Vaganova Academy, Tone Up for Summer - 3 Moves for Awesome Arms, Nationals Prep Guide - 52 Things You Need Before You Go, Crazy Audition Stories
Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris (With Notations and Dance Instructions) by Anthony G. Barrand, 1991
English Folk Dance: English Country Dance, Morris Dance, Cecil Sharp, Hong Kong Morris, Clogging, Woodside Morris Men
Mark Morris: square talk and round numbers.(DANCE MATTERS): An article from: Dance Magazine by Allan Ulrich, 2006-08-01
The Morris and Sword Dances of England by The Morris Ring, 1971

lists with details

Arts Performing Arts Dance Morris Dancing - Submission.it
Arts Performing Arts dance morris Dancing, web Arts Performing Arts dance morrisDancing, Motori di ricerca posizionamento, registrazione ed iscrizione
http://www.submission.it/odp/pagedir_Top--Arts--Performing_Arts--Dance--Morris_D
Here's To Our Morris We Love It So Well. . .
Morris dance is a form of traditional English folk dance usually done in the Though I dance morris, I am not a pagan or a wiccan; nor are many who dance
http://www.gweep.net/~h/new_pages/Morris/

Extractions: Recently, like this Fall I began practicing with the Commonwealth Morris Men and hope to be dancing with them in the coming performance season. And then, as if this wasn't enough, Lemon and Capers merged with Middlesex Morris (to my knowledge the only other Mixed (men and women) adult side in the area) to form a new, as-yet unnamed entity. This is Exciting, because both teams have a long history and bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy together. So, watch for us this coming season! Morris dance is a form of traditional English folk dance usually done in the spring. It is distinct from English Country Dance (the stuff you saw in all those Jane Austen movies over the past couple of years). There are many types of Morris (Cotswold, Border, Step-Clog, Sword, Rapper, Molly, Garland); I dance with two Cotswold Morris teams. Dances are typically done in sets of four, six or eight, dancers wear bellpads on their shins, usually white trousers and shirts with team-specific "Kit" (waistcoats, sashes, baldrics, jackets) which usually includes ribbons and rosettes. We dance to live music, typically a fiddle or some sort of squeezebox or accordian (though other instruments are used too, up to and possibly including a grand piano on a flatbed).
Post-War History Of East Surrey Morris Men
district who had come together to dance morris (and sword) at local festivals, of 1214 year old boys anxious to dance morris out of school hours.
http://www.esmm.org.uk/html/history-section/post-war.htm

Extractions: Although the war brought an end to normal life, Reg Howes said that a few of the older members continued to attend Morris Ring meetings and that in 1947, the side was represented at the Thaxted Ring meeting. By 1948, there were a few men in the district who had come together to dance Morris (and sword) at local festivals, but their efforts were uncoordinated and a full side could not always be mustered. Grace Meikle, who had moved back into the area after the war, again took the initiative and, on 22 October 1948, wrote to all the local men known to have an interest in the Morris, inviting them to a meeting in Ewell with a view to reforming a side. The meeting was held a week later and ESMM was reincarnated with Robert Ash as Squire and Charles Rowse as Bagman. Although Kenneth Constable did not attend this meeting he was invited back and played an active part as Foreman until his retirement in 1960. He also served a further 2-year term of office as Squire. ESMM are lucky enough to have the log-book which Reg Howes started in 1948. This records every outing of the side for the next 10 years, including the names of the dancers at each event.The number of dancers was generally quite small and the names most frequently appearing at this time were Bob Ash, Cecil Capp, Walter (Wally) Wakefield, Charles Rowse, Reg Howes, Eddie Reavell, Fred Higgins (the musician - concertina), Cleeve Mason and Bert Aldis.
MMDG : Mark Morris Dance Group : 25th Anniversary
Presents an average of 90 shows each year in 35 cities worldwide and has thedistinction of being the only modern dance company in the country to feature
http://www.mmdg.org/
Country Dance And Song Society
USAbased umbrella organization for English and Anglo-American folk dance and music, including contra, English country, and English ritual dance such as morris. Contains information about membership, summer programs and products for sale.
http://www.cdss.org/

Extractions: What's New: 9/14/05: Dance Equipment available for rental: CDSS owns Morris bellpads, Northwest slings, steel longswords and rappers, and wooden longswords which are used at our summer camps. They have just returned from camp and are available for rental from now until June. Please call the sales department for more information. 9/14/05: We have received some major donations of time and materials in the last few months and updated our " Wish List " with some of them - more to come. 9/9/05: The Group Affiliate Web and Address List has been updated. 9/8/05: The Summer Camp 2006 schedule is now up. The paper Catalog will be mailed to our mailing list by mid February.
English Folk Dance Music Project
For example, on one memorable occasion Eynsham morris, who dance the CotswoldStyle, broke the stage at the Chippenham Folk Festival dancing a double set of
http://www.englishfolkdance.org/cotsmorr.shtml

Extractions: By Steve Douglas Introduction This article attempts to explain the essence of Cotswold Morris and gives some insight into the form of the dancing and how the dancers organize themselves and perform. These days most people in the United Kingdom have either seen Cotswold Morris dance, or know about it. However, it is a serious presumption to expect that everyone in the world knows what a pub is, never mind how Cotswold Morris dancing works. Some things here may be obvious to you and me but not to the majority of non-English people, in other words, most of the world. Please therefore bear with me when I say something obvious, or say something slightly inaccurate for the sake of simplicity. The Cotswold Style of Morris Cotswold Morris is not restricted to the geographical region of The Cotswolds. It is danced all over the country, and all over the world too. If you had to sum up the Cotswold style in a few phrases you would have to say that it was typified by a light, jumping style, and the use of bells, sticks and hand-kerchiefs (or wavers as they are sometimes known). The expression 'light, jumping style' is a relative term, other styles of Morris involve a heavier 'stamping rhythm' type of dance coupled with shouts, more akin to the African tribal dancing. It is relative because not all Cotswold Morris sides perform strictly 'light' jumping. Some dances for example involve heavy footwork and, especially with a double or triple team (12 or 18 dancers) the expression 'light' does not come to mind. For example, on one memorable occasion Eynsham Morris, who dance the Cotswold Style, broke the stage at the Chippenham Folk Festival dancing a double set of
Bibrit
dance History. Ritual dance. morris dance. English Country dance. 010247 morris dance. dance Instruction. English Country dance. Folk dance.
http://www.lloydshaw.org/bibmorris.htm
Bay Area Morris Teams
One of the first local directories of morris dance teams and their specialities.
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/ba.html

Extractions: These are most of the Bay Area morris sides Team Locality Gender Style Berkeley Morris Berkeley mixed C,B Mayfield Morris and Sword Palo Alto women C,LS,B,NW Deer Creek Morris Men Palo Alto men C,B Fools' Choice Morris Palo Alto mixed C [on hiatus] White Rat's Morris Seabright Morris and Sword Santa Cruz mixed C,LS This list is incomplete. Many of these teams share members with each other. Additional info and corrections welcome. I have contact information for some of these teams. Some of these teams are affiliated with the Bay Area Country Dance Society (BACDS). BACDS holds numerous events, and their calendar is online. Steve Allen
BBC - Beyond The Broadcast - Making History
Factsheet from a BBC Radio broadcast by Alun Howkins on the origins of morris dance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist5_prog9d.shtml

Extractions: Subject index Professor Alun Howkins, professor of social history at Sussex University, discussed the origins of Morris dancing. He said that, as with many folk customs, the origins are hidden in the mists of time and coloured by later perceptions, which may or may not have been correct. According to Professor Howkins, when people recorded these customs in the 1890s, they were obsessed with seeking out ancient beginnings. In the seventeenth century there had been suggestions of a connection with Moorish dancing and it was adopted as a convenient theory. It fitted in, for example, because some dancers blacked up their faces and attached bells to their legs, which was believed to be something to do with North Africa. Similarly, there is no evidence that Morris dancing has any connection with pagan festivals.
Morris Performing Arts Center
Home of the Broadway Theatre League, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and the Southold dance Theater. South Bend, Indiana.
http://www.morriscenter.org/
SDHS: Online Resources
English country dance, international folk dance, Irish dance, Israeli dance,morris dance, Scottish country dance, Southern Mountain big circle dance,
http://www.sdhs.org/resources/res-european.html

Extractions: Online Resources European and American Folk Dance Austrian Folk Dancing This site, compiled and maintained by Roland Bauer, is one of the best on the World Wide Web. Attractively designed, easy to use, and remarkably good humored, it is a comprehensive resource on Austrian folk dancing and related material. Mostly in English, partly in German, information is presented through a lengthy index of terms. The home page advises users that they will find "much of" Volkstanz and Volksmusik such as Walzer Zwiefacher , and ; "less of" Dirndl Lederhose Schuhplattein , and Edelweiss ; and "nearly nothing about" Lippizaner Wiener Schnitzel, and . Visitors to this site will be both informed and amused. Balkanfolk An interesting site devoted to folk dance and other folk arts in the Balkan States, including Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Romania, and Turkey in Europe. The site includes a Catalogue (a directory of folklore artists and performers), a Forum (a message board), an online shop, and news of events. Breton and French Dance This site is a mailing list for discussion of Breton circle and spiral dances and French country dances. Subscribers are encouraged to publicize workshops, festivals, and dance/performance dates.
Hampshire Garland Ladies Traditional Dancers
morris side who perform in the style of North West. Contains pictures, gig list and contact phone numbers.
http://www.wellow84.freeserve.co.uk/hghome/

Extractions: The dances we do make use of Garlands (in two lengths), Sticks (in two lengths), Jacks, Handkerchiefs and Faggots (of wood) - though not all at the same time. We have a choice of costume, both come in our colours of white, blue and red, and and we dance in either clogs or shoes. We always dance to live music and have a very accomplished band, who enjoy playing for us so much that they come to all our practices! Read more about the history of the side in the press release for our 20th anniversary. Hampshire Garland are a well established dance side based in Romsey, in the South of England. We perform at Folk festivals and private and public events. We practice at a hall in Romsey every Wednesday evening. If you would like us to perform for you, or you would like to join the team as dancer or musician, then please contact This page is maintained by Terry Bristow
Banbury Cross Morris And Sword
Banbury Cross members learn not only how to dance but to appreciate the true spirit *danceout with the Wayward Youths of morris June 10 (see below).
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/banburycross/

Extractions: Search: Lycos Angelfire 40 Yr Old Virgin Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next Banbury Cross Morris and Sword is a group of Boston-area children who perform morris dancing, a centuries-old English folk tradition that has become popular in the United States and many other parts of the world. From September to June, Banbury Cross meets for weekly practices and dances at various events, including NEFFA, Lilac Sunday and the Ginger Ale, a gathering of children's morris dance teams from New England, as well as the annual May Day celebration in Cambridge. Banbury Cross members learn not only how to dance but to appreciate the true "spirit of morris" and the fun and camaraderie that goes along with it. Founded in 1981, Banbury Cross has been around longer than any other young persons' morris dance team in the US. Many of our alumni have continued morris dancing into adulthood and become morris team leaders and teachers. Banbury Cross Morris will hold its first practice of the 2005-06 season on September 14. Come check us out!
D G D C - New Territory
A young, highlypraised modern dance company based in New York. Choreographer Gwirtzman previously danced with Garth Fagan and Mark morris, and is a co-founder of Artichoke dance Company.
http://www.gwirtzmandance.org/
Berkeley Morris Home Page
If you d like to learn how to morris dance yourself, the schedule lists theevenings that we have our latesummer morris workshops at Berkeley s Grace North
http://www.berkeley-morris.org/

Extractions: What is morris dancing, you ask? Well, many others have asked the same question, and, lucky for me, many others have answered it , so I don't have to. Briefly, it's a type of English folk dance; less briefly, here are some theories about its origins , here's some more interesting information about morris dancing in general, and Bay Area morris teams in particular, and here's the text from the brochure that we hand out to people who see us dancing and wonder what the heck we're up to. If you'd like to see us dance, here's our performance schedule . If you'd like to learn how to morris dance yourself, the schedule lists the evenings that we have our late-summer morris workshops at Berkeley's Grace North Church. Email us if you need directions. Some photo's from Mayday 2004 by Celeste Langstaff This is a picture of the team, taken during Mayday 2004 Top Row, left to right Joshua Lee, Abigail Craig, Randall Cayford, Lori Richloff, Cliff Stevens, Julia Berger , Roger Bramble, Mark Biggin, Bob Orser, Siannan Gall-Hixson, Jocelyn Cozzo, Sam Stafford, Rocky Anderson, Laura Wingerd, Avis Minger, Trish Walden. Bottom row, Jen Marks, Berry Sheperd , Steve Jones, Jonathan Coxhead , Krista Bramble. Down in front
StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Morris / Moresque Dance Page - Main1
The name is derived from the Morisco (môriskoz), a dance peculiar to the Moorsand shows that the dance did have a Moorish beginning.
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3moris.htm

Extractions: Home A B C ... XYZ English Morris dancing has a great and mixed history when compared to other dances. The name is derived from the Morisco ( ), a dance peculiar to the Moors and shows that the dance did have a Moorish beginning. The Morisco which it was often called was a Spanish name for a Moor or Moorish ( Africa ) or Spanish Muslim ( Spain ), who after the country was re-conquered after the legendary Charlemagne and Tamer lane battle Christian Re-conquest 11-15th. Century ) remained there and became Christian ( Moorish period ). The Moors who had become subjects of Christian kings as the re-conquest progressed to the fifteenth Centuries were called The Morris dance ( Tripudium Mauritanicum ) was the most frequently mentioned of all the dances of the fifteenth century. In Renaissance writings it is almost always mentioned that a Mouresca Morisque or Moresque Arab Lambra ), Morisco was danced and was said to be brought to England from Spain by
Morris Brown "Marching Wolverines"
Under the Direction of Eddie Ellis, includes image galleries featuring the Bubblin Brown Sugar dance line and highlights from the Honda Battle of the Bands.
http://morrisbrown.tripod.com

Extractions: Morris Brown "Marching Wolverines" Morris Brown vs Grambling Bleeding Purple Blood Morris Brown vs The "100" Purple Haze preparing for the Notorious Nine Welcome to the Morris Brown Marching Wolverines Web Site!!!!! Downtown Atlanta Peprally Musicality is a must ITS ALL ABOUT BUSINESS What are we gonna do?...PICK UP OUR FEET, PLAY OUR PART, and DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE!!!! Click to receive e-mail
Cotswold Morris Dance Detailed Notes
Full description of numerous dances by Andrew from Lagabag morris. Also cheatsheet for 66 dances.
http://duramecho.com/Dance/CotswoldNotes/

Extractions: Version 79 (Formats: individual pages per dance all on one page to print or the source code It is a set of detailed instructions for a number of Cotswold Morris dances (a type of traditional English performance folk dancing) that I wrote when trying to learn them or as reference. I have put them on the WWW lest it is of use or of interest to anyone else. I make no guarantees as to the accuracy (these were all written down from life not from canonical reference books). The notes are very long winded. My much shorter Cotswold Morris Dancing Cheat Sheet , which just contains summaries, might be of more use. The notes are available both as individual pages, one per dance, or all on one page: Lest you want to print out a paper copy (about 40 sides of A4 in double column smallish font), here it is. To save paper, print on both sides Download as a Zip-compressed PDF file (264 KB).
English Folk Dance Music Project
By the end of the reign of Henry VIII the morris dance had spread to some The young did not care much for the morris, and dance teams found it hard to
http://www.englishfolkdance.org/cotshist.shtml

Extractions: Origin One question that is often asked of a Morris dancer is "What are the origins of Morris dancing?" If you ask this question of half-a-dozen different people you will likely get six different answers. I used to think that no-one really knew. In one sense that is true, in another it is not. The problem comes down to what you actually mean by the question. If what you mean is "How did the dance come to be in England?" the answer is fairly clear-cut. The English Morris dance is probably derived from the Spanish or Flemish Morisco. Dictionary-writers began to assert this fact in the 17th century:
Bathampton Morris Men
dance programme, photographs, history and details of this group of morris Men.
http://www.bathampton-morris-men.org.uk/

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