Charlie Corcoran, Bagman of the Morris Ring, believes that Morris dancing
(previously) may be on the "
brink of extinction". This is what
the world would miss. Not everyone is that troubled by the news, however - as assistant librarian at the English Folk Dance and Song Society Elaine Bradtke argues, there are
more obscure types of English folk dancing, including (but probably not limited to)
Long Sword dancing (a serious-looking dance),
Molly dancing (not a very serious dance at all),
Rapper dancing (the Welsh miner kind, not the hip-hop kind),
Step clog (which needs no introduction), and the English ceilidh (aka
barn dancing).
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
on Jan 13, 2009 -
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posted by nickyskye
on Dec 19, 2007 -
17 comments