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What was this Morris tradition, entertainment, mystical rite, or some hybrid of the two? Where did it come from? After thirty years of dancing, teaching, and research, John Cutting attempts to answer these questions. From the earliest known references (1137 in Spain, 1448 in England) to the middle of the nineteenth century, Morris events are listed and examined. A parallel study looks at publications about Morris, from the Puritans down to the present day. Many illustrations portraying Morris or possible Morris dancers from the fourteenth century onwards are reproduced in the text. ... Read more

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Is Morris dance heritage mysticism, dance, or entertainment? It's long been shrouded in mystery, and research John Cutting spent some thirty years dancing, teaching and researching the Morris dance from its roots until 1850: HISTORY AND THE MORRIS DANCE: A LOOK AT MORRIS DANCING FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS UNTIL 1850 follows its evolution and answers many questions. A 'must' for any college-level dance history holding.

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From the Inside Cover: It is a Monday in late May. Six men form up in two lines of three facing a musician, odd numbers on the left, even on the right. They are all dressed neatly in white with rosettes or favors and ribbons pinned to their shirts and a cluster of small brass bells on a leather pad is fixed to each shin. Just before the musician strikes up the tune, a dubious-looking character steps forward to address the assembled crowd. He wears a clown suit, has his face painted somewhat crudely with red and green make-up, and swings a dried pig's bladded attached by a short string to the end of a stick. "Here we be, masters," he declares, "six fools and," pointing to himself, "one dancer!" To understand this characterization of the Morris is to know the quality without a name. To be able to learn from it is to follow the timeless way of Morris dancing and use its pattern language. If this book serves as a gate to the timeless way for any dancer, musician, spectator, or teacher it will have fulfilled its purpose. ... Read more

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Chapters: English Country Dance, Morris Dance, Cecil Sharp, Hong Kong Morris, Clogging, Woodside Morris Men, Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Border Morris, Rapper Sword, Furry Dance, Dancing England Rapper Tournament, Roy Dommett, Molly Dance, John Playford, Maypole Dance, English Folk Dance and Song Society, Tommy and Betty, Long Sword Dance, Strip the Willow, Roger de Coverley, Frank Kidson, Saddleworth Morris Men, Espérance Club, Mary Neal, Janet Blunt, Dartington Morris Men. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 118. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords,handkerchiefs and bells may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. Claims that English records, dating back to 1448, mention the morris dance are open to dispute. There is no mention of "morris" dancing earlier than the late 15th century, although early records such as Bishops' "Visitation Articles" mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activities as well as mumming plays. Furthermore, the earliest records invariably mention "Morys" in a court setting, and both men and women are mentioned as dancing, and a little later in the Lord Mayors' Processions in London. It is only later that it begins to be mentioned as something performed in the parishes. There is certainly no evidence that it is a pre-Christian ritual, as is often claimed. In the modern day, it is commonly thought of as a uniquely English activity, although there are around 150 morris sides (or teams) in the United States. Bri...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=52691 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dance Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 585 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mark Morris: square talk and round numbers.(DANCE MATTERS)
Author: Allan Ulrich
Publication: Dance Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 80Issue: 8Page: 19(1)

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Ewe music is the music of the Ewe people of West Africa.Instrumentation is primarily percussive and rhythmically themusic features great metrical complexity. Its highest form isin dance music including a drum orchestra, but there are alsowork, play, and other songs. Despite his title Ewe music isfeatured in A. M. Jones's Studies in African Music. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more