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There are no hard and fast rules as to which Morris sides can perform dances from a tradition, but the original Nantgarw dance, Y Gaseg Eira, is considered to be a dance for the Welsh sides. Consequently, it is often performed by the sides Isca Morris [ 42 ] and Cardiff Morris.
The Morris Federation, established in 1975, [1] is one of three major organisations supporting morris dancing groups, also known as 'sides', in the United Kingdom. Originally known as the Women's Morris Federation , it was created in response to the Morris Ring's policy of excluding all-female or mixed-gender teams.
Border morris dancing was different on the Welsh side of the border, and a team on the Welsh side was formed in 1992. Initially the side was named Morys ar y Clwt but it was changed to Carreg-las in 1997. They use traditional Welsh and English folk and morris dance tunes.
Younger, more inclusive Morris teams tell the BBC their tradition is having a "cultural moment".
Open Morris is one of the three umbrella groups for morris dance sides in the United Kingdom.It was formed primarily by members of Fenstanton Morris (an early mixed sex dance side operating near Huntingdon) and other dancers located in East Anglia in the 1979 as a response to the male-only policy of the Morris Ring and the female-only policy of the Women's Morris Federation - although, by 1980 ...
The Hong Kong Morris (Chinese: 香港莫利斯舞蹈團, Cantonese pronunciation: Heung Gong Mok Lee Si Mo Dou Tuen, literally the Hong Kong Morris Dance Platoon) is an English morris dancing team or side founded in Hong Kong in 1974. The side now has two chapters, the Hong Kong Morris and the Hong Kong (UK) Morris, colloquially known as The ...
Lowe (1957) also quotes from The Booke of all maner of Orders concerning an Erles House, dating from around 1510, which provides rules for "plays, interludes and disguisings, including Morrises" and states, "If a Morris is to be performed, it should take place after the disguising". Thus the link to blackened faces, and between morris dance and ...
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