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Border Morris is a collection of individual local dances from villages along the English side of the Wales–England border in the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire. They are part of the Morris dance tradition.
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 ...
A Morris dancer with coloured disguise which was often used by dancers from the borders of Wales and England. The term "Border Morris" was first used by E. C. Cawte in a 1963 article [63] on the Morris dance traditions of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire: counties along the border with Wales. Characteristics of the tradition as ...
Border Morris White Ladies Aston Dance The village has given its name to a Border Morris dances: the White Ladies Aston Dance. [ 13 ] As part of the revival of Border Morris this is performed each year on the Saturday before Christmas.
After seeing a dance team called Gloucestershire Old Spot Morris Dancers, he formed Shropshire Bedlams to perform local dances in the Border Morris style. [1] In the early weeks some girls turned up and rather than have a mixed morris team, Harris took the girls aside to form Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish; both teams are still flourishing and ...
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Wharfedale Wayzgoose is the name of a Border Morris side (team of Morris dancers) [15] from Otley, West Yorkshire, a town renowned for the development of the Wharfedale printing press. [16] In 1928, South African poet Roy Campbell wrote a satirical poem, The Wayzgoose, about racism in South Africa.