The Playford Ball

The Playford Ball
Title The Playford Ball PDF eBook
Author Kate Van Winkle Keller
Publisher A Cappella Books (IL)
Pages 144
Release 1990
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN

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Elements of English Country Dance

Elements of English Country Dance
Title Elements of English Country Dance PDF eBook
Author Hugh Stewart
Publisher
Pages 38
Release 1998
Genre Country dancing
ISBN 9780951919316

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Old English Country Dances

Old English Country Dances
Title Old English Country Dances PDF eBook
Author Frank Kidson
Publisher London : W. Reeves
Pages 92
Release 1890
Genre Country-dances (Music)
ISBN

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City Folk

City Folk
Title City Folk PDF eBook
Author Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 352
Release 2013-07-22
Genre History
ISBN 1479890359

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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps. In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the ‘old left.’ He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive era reform, and playground and school movements, to the changes in consumer culture, and the project of a modernizing, cosmopolitan middle class society. Tracing the spread of folk dancing, with particular emphases on English Country Dance, International Folk Dance, and Contra, Walkowitz connects the history of folk dance to social and international political influences in America. Through archival research, oral histories, and ethnography of dance communities, City Folk allows dancers and dancing bodies to speak. From the norms of the first half of the century, marked strongly by Anglo-Saxon traditions, to the Cold War nationalism of the post-war era, and finally on to the counterculture movements of the 1970s, City Folk injects the riveting history of folk dance in the middle of the story of modern America.

English Dancing Master, 1651

English Dancing Master, 1651
Title English Dancing Master, 1651 PDF eBook
Author John Playford
Publisher
Pages 128
Release 1957
Genre Music
ISBN

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Discovering English Folk Dance

Discovering English Folk Dance
Title Discovering English Folk Dance PDF eBook
Author Hugh Rippon
Publisher Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Pages 64
Release 1975
Genre Folk dancing
ISBN

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Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics

Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics
Title Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics PDF eBook
Author Phil Jamison
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 305
Release 2015-07-15
Genre Music
ISBN 0252097327

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In Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, old-time musician and flatfoot dancer Philip Jamison journeys into the past and surveys the present to tell the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. These distinctive folk dances, Jamison argues, are not the unaltered jigs and reels brought by early British settlers, but hybrids that developed over time by adopting and incorporating elements from other popular forms. He traces the forms from their European, African American, and Native American roots to the modern day. On the way he explores the powerful influence of black culture, showing how practices such as calling dances as well as specific kinds of steps combined with white European forms to create distinctly "American" dances. From cakewalks to clogging, and from the Shoo-fly Swing to the Virginia Reel, Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics reinterprets an essential aspect of Appalachian culture.