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Morris dancers with handkerchiefs in York. Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume, usually wearing bell pads on their shins, their shoes or both. A band or single musician, also costumed, will accompany them.
Way of the Morris is a 2011 64-minute documentary about Morris dancing by Tim Plester and Rob Curry. The film received preview screenings at the Purcell Room in London's Southbank Centre as part of an Arts Council funded festival, "5,000 Morris Dancers." [1] It premiered at the 2011 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. [2]
Silurian Border Morris Men, at Saddleworth Rushcart, August 2013. Multiple theories exist about the origins of the theatrical practice of blackface as a caricature of black people. One interpretation is that it can be traced back to traditions connected with Morris dancing. Another interpretation is that traditionally the use of soot to blacken ...
Younger, more inclusive Morris teams tell the BBC their tradition is having a "cultural moment".
The Hong Kong Morris (Chinese: 香港莫利斯舞蹈團, Cantonese pronunciation: Heung Gong Mok Lee Si Mo Dou Tuen, literally the Hong Kong Morris Dance Platoon) is an English morris dancing team or side founded in Hong Kong in 1974. The side now has two chapters, the Hong Kong Morris and the Hong Kong (UK) Morris, colloquially known as The ...
Part of the publicity for the film included a spoof audition tape for the lead role by Simon Pegg, and a spoof video diary by American actor Sendhil Ramamurthy from the television series Heroes. [24] The film was released on DVD on 26 July 2010. The soundtrack composed by Richard Lumsden is also available.
Silurian Border Morris Men dancing Black Ladies Aston, at Saddleworth Rushcart, August 2013. The Leominster Morris [8] were reformed in 1988, split from The Breinton Morris (who disbanded after a further ten years.) Through contact with E.C. Cawte, with reference to notes made in Leominster, his talking with former dancer, Tom Postons, and his ...
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