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The Long Sword dance (or Longsword dance [notes 1]) is a hilt-and-point sword dance recorded mainly in Yorkshire, England. The dances are usually performed around Christmas time and were believed to derive from a rite performed to enable a fruitful harvest.
Goathland Plough Stots in action. The Long Sword dance dates back to the time of the Viking invasions in England, with the dance and associated play acted out by the Goathland Plough Stots recognised as one of the oldest dances of its type in England, [1] dating back over a thousand years. [2]
Lady Gongsun of the Tang dynasty, who was known for her elegant sword dancing, as depicted in Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀). Sword dances in China and Vietnam, known as jian wu or múa kiếm, began as a military training exercise with swords and spears which evolved into an elaborate acrobatic dance. [8]
It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List of dance style categories
Grenoside longsword dance performed by Newcastle Kingsmen Sword Dancers at Sidmouth Folk Festival, 2022 Side invited to the 2022 festival included Boss Morris, Campden Morris Dancers, First Class Stamp, Fool’s Gambit Morris, Lancashire Wallopers, Leominster Morris, Mortimer’s Morris, Newcastle Kingsmen, Rumworth Morris, Seven Champions ...
Scottish courtiers performed a sword dance for Anne of Denmark and Beaumont, the French ambassador, at Hampton Court on 6 January 1604. Their dance was compared to a Spanish matachin. [12] A mixture of sword dance and acrobatics were performed before James VI in 1617 and again for Charles I in 1633, by the Incorporation of Skinners and Glovers ...
Ripon also has dancing traditions such as the Long Sword dance and Morris dance. [77] Ripon Obelisk. The market square is the site of the Ripon Obelisk, erected in 1702 by John Aislabie and designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It stands 80 ft (24 m) in height and is capped with a weathervane bearing a representation of the wakeman's horn.
The village has its own traditional Long Sword dance group, who have performed with other teams at sword dance events nation and worldwide. [33] The dance is similar to the one acted out by the Goathland Plough Stots , and consists of eight to twelve dancers holding wooden swords in their left hands. [ 34 ]