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Pages in category "English folk dance" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 and/or shoes. A band or single musician, also costumed, will accompany them.
The EFDSS Gold Badge Award, created in 1922, is made to those deemed to have made exceptional contributions to folk music, dance, or the wider folk arts and folk community. Many past recipients are prominent figures not only within the folk community, but of wider British culture and society. [25] 1922 Lady Mary Trefusis; Grizelda Hervey
Comical 18th-century country dance; engraving by Hogarth. A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in England in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets.
The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, ... Like most dance music originating in the British Isles, ...
Title page of the 1st edition of The Dancing Master (1651) Social and cultural changes in British society in the early modern era, often seen as creating greater divisions between different social groups, led from the mid-17th century to the beginnings of a process of rediscovery of many aspects of popular culture, including festivals, folklore, dance and folk song. [1]
The Hokey Pokey (also known as Hokey Cokey in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Australia, and the Caribbean) [1] is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries. It originates in a British folk dance, with variants attested as early as 1826.
British naval cadets dancing the hornpipe in 1928. ... The hornpipe is an Irish, Scottish and English folk dance and tune. It is done in hard shoes, which are used to ...