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Morris dancers with handkerchiefs in York. 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, their shoes or both. A band or single musician, also costumed, will accompany them.
Dancers from Icknield Way Morris Men, wearing three different variations of the kit. The uniform of Icknield Way's dancers has changed significantly over time but has always been based on "whites", the traditional white trousers and shirt of Cotswold Morris dancers. The uniform has always featured a Wessex wyvern, [5] the symbol of Icknield ...
Silurian Border Morris Men, at Saddleworth Rushcart, August 2013. Multiple theories exist about the origins of the theatrical practice of blackface as a caricature of black people. One interpretation is that it can be traced back to traditions connected with Morris dancing. Another interpretation is that traditionally the use of soot to blacken ...
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The Leominster men use several of Locke's tunes in their repertoire today. 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.
Morris men at a meeting in Thaxted, where the Ring was founded in 1934. It had been the custom of the Cambridge Morris Men since their foundation to invite to their annual Morris and Feast some leading Morris dancer from elsewhere, and such guests, after, having attended the Morris and Feast, were made Honorary Members of the club.
Dartington Morris dancing outside the 'Tally Ho!' Inn in Littlehempston, near Totnes, Devon on 6 May 2016. Dartington Morris are a dance troupe based in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England. The group formed as a men's dance side (with male and female musicians) in 1968 at Dartington Hall and is a member side of the Morris Ring [1]. They are ...
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