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Videos on YouTube : Old 3 2 hornpipes Country Dance Hornpipe (a modern rendition of Purcell's Hornpipe "Hole in the Wall" (1698) in Playford's Dancing Master) (accessed 14 May 2009) Barockmusik: "Alla Hornpipe" (excerpt from Handel's Water Music) (accessed 14 May 2009) Newer 4 4 hornpipes: Lancashire Clog Dance (accessed 11 March 2011)
Due to the small space that the dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was popular on-board ship. [ 5 ] Samuel Pepys referred to the dance in his diary as "The Jig of the Ship" and Captain Cook , who took a piper on at least one voyage, is noted to have ordered his men to dance the hornpipe in order to keep them in good health. [ 5 ]
John Durang (January 6, 1768 – March 31, 1822) was the first native-born American to become known as a dancer. [1]Said to be George Washington's favorite performer, he was famous for dancing the hornpipe, a lively, jiglike solo exhibition so called because it was originally performed to music played on a woodwind instrument known as a hornpipe.
The couples (along with their dance styles and songs) are as follows: Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson will perform a Foxtrot to “Dancing Machine” by Jackson 5.
A music video was made for this track, and can be found on the DVD, Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield. Shot in Oldfield's Througham studio, it shows four female folk dancers who dance barefoot around the studio, while Oldfield is seen playing various instruments.
The Wise Little Hen is a 1934 Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon, based on the fable The Little Red Hen. The cartoon features the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to "The Sailor's Hornpipe". [3]
The Fantasia on British Sea Songs was first performed by Henry Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra at a Promenade Concert on 21 October 1905. [1] [2] It comprises nine parts which follow the course of the Battle of Trafalgar from the point of view of a British sailor, starting with the call to arms, progressing through the death of a comrade, thoughts of home, and ending with a victorious ...
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing is the 28th album released by the Australian children's music group the Wiggles. Its title track features Leo Sayer, who wrote and performed the original song from 1976. It also features Australian country musician Troy Cassar-Daley. The CD was released on 8 May 2008, and won the Aria for Best Children's Album. [1 ...