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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.
"Portsmouth" is a traditional English folk dance tune, similar to an Irish or Scottish hornpipe melody. It is sometimes referred to as the "Portsmouth Hornpipe". "Portsmouth" appeared in the 11th edition of John Playford's The Dancing Master in 1701.
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 ...
Scottish country dancing (a social form of dance with two or more couples of dancers) should not be confused with Scottish Highland dance (a solo form of dance). There is a certain amount of cross-over, in that there are Scottish country dances that include Highland elements as well as Highland-style performance dances which use formations ...
Because of its timing, the slip jig is longer than the reel for the same number of bars of music. In Irish stepdance competition, the tempo of 113 beats per minute is the same as other dances, but as each bar is longer, instead of dancing to 48 bars of music the dancer is only required to dance 40 bars of music (each of 2 1 ⁄ 2 steps ...
Nancy Dawson probably by Samuel De Wilde. Nancy Dawson was the stage name of Ann Newton (c.1728-1767), an English dancer and actress. She rose to fame performing a solo rendition of a hornpipe between acts in The Beggar's Opera at Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1759.