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Dawnswyr Nantgarw (Nantgarw Dancers) dance alongside Ballet Cymru in WOMEX, Millennium Centre, Cardiff. Day of dance, Caerphilly Castle. The Welsh dance (Welsh: Dawns Gymreig), also known as the Welsh folk dance (Welsh: Dawnsio gwerin), is a traditional dance in Wales, performed to Welsh traditional music and while usually wearing a traditional Welsh costume.
A Welsh solo clog dancer extinguishing a candle using the sole edges of his clogs at the National Urdd Eisteddfod in Snowdonia (Eryri), 2012.. The Welsh stepdance (Welsh: Dawns stepio) or Welsh clog dance (Welsh: Clocsio) is a traditional Welsh form of dance involving clog shoes and percussive movement of the feet and athletic movements.
A public meeting was held in The Castle, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, July 23, 1949, where the Welsh Folk Dance Society was founded. [3] The society was formed in order to both revive and promote old traditional Welsh dances and create new ones.
Nantgarw tradition is a style of Welsh folk dancing from the South and Valleys regions of Wales, specifically associated with the small village of Nantgarw. The style encompasses both handkerchief and stick dances. The dances call for eight dancers in four pairs. [1]
The competitive Welsh style of dance varies from stylised group dancing to a more traditional and natural dancing scene. Welsh clog dancing is also performed individually by both men and women. The male style of dance is particularly dynamic, including so-called "tricks" usually performed at the end of a performance.
Cân Actol – A long narrative piece sung and acted in Welsh by a group of 30. Cerdd Dant – A choir of up to 12 voices sings in Welsh, accompanied by a harp, in a formulaic sequence of alternating melodies. Recitation – A group of up to 12 people recites a Welsh poem. Boys' Choir; Girls' Choir; dawnsio stryd street dancing; solo recitation ...
Lois Blake (21 May 1890 – 19 November 1974), born Lois Agnes Fownes Turner, was a British folklorist and "the driving force behind the revival of folk dancing in Wales." [ 1 ] She was the founding president of the Welsh Folk Dance Society in 1949.
Trac Cymru is a Welsh folk development organisation [1] and registered charity which promotes and develops the music and dance traditions of Wales, both within Wales and beyond, and advocates on behalf of the traditional arts with public bodies and other organisations. Activities include a range of annual courses in song, dance and instrumental ...