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...
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traditions connected with Morris dancing. Another interpretation is that traditionally the use of soot to blacken faces in morris dancing was derived from its...
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minesweeper of World War I HMS Morris Dance (T117), a Dance-class trawler of World War II Morris dance, an English folk dance HMS Morris, an Admiralty M-class...
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Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She played the role of Brittany S. Pierce in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. Morris was...
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Border Morris is a collection of individual local dances from villages along the English side of the Wales–England border in the counties of Herefordshire...
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dance Morris dance Rapper dance Religious dance Ritual dances of China Ritual dances of India Sema, or Whirling dervish dance Sinulog Sublî War dance...
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Maypole dance Morris dance Welsh Morris dance Polka Polish folk dances Polonaise Oberek Krakowiak Mazurka Kujawiak Russian folk dance Turkish dance Ukrainian...
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Margaret Morris (10 March 1891 – 29 February 1980) was a British dancer, choreographer, artist and teacher. She founded the Margaret Morris Movement, Celtic...
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Mark William Morris (born August 29, 1956) is an American dancer, choreographer and director whose work is acclaimed for its craftsmanship, ingenuity...
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Look up morris or Morris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Morris may refer to: St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Morris Township...
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woken at dawn on 1 May by Morris dancers. At 7:15 p.m. on 1 May each year, the Kettle Bridge Clogs morris dancing side dance across Barming Bridge (otherwise...
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referring to the first letter in "safety". The Morris dancers seen in the video were the Chippenham Town Morris Men. The little person actor is Mike Edmonds...
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Dransfield. Like the subsequent "Descendant Of" Morris On albums (see below), it features English Morris dance tunes and songs, played with a combination of...
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Nine men's morris is a strategy board game for two players dating at least to the Roman Empire. The game is also known as nine-man morris, mill, mills...
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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...
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Operation Morris Dance was an Australian military operation conducted in May 1987 in response to the first of the 1987 Fijian coups d'état. On the morning...
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English folk music (section Morris dance)
phenomena, including sea shanties, jigs, hornpipes and the music for Morris dancing. It has also interacted with other musical traditions, particularly...
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Notation for dances from Israel, Morris Dance Notation for Morris dance, and Beauchamp–Feuillet Notation for Baroque dance. As a result, these systems usually...
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that the song contains the "knuckle-dragging" beat characteristic of Morris dance tunes. The song's narrator recounts how he moved to Alberta six years...
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in Cotswold morris dance, mock-battle dances, including many stick dances from non-sword traditions, and such common continental dances as Bouffons or...
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Molly dancing is a form of English Morris dance, traditionally done by out-of-work ploughboys in midwinter in the 19th century. It was largely ignored...
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notated examples of English Morris dancing, and played an important role in the revival both of the Morris and English country dance. In 1911, he co-founded...
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Adderbury (section Morris dancing)
parishes and only dance traditional dances from Adderbury – and the Adderbury Morris Men (dressed in white, blue and red), who take dancers from anywhere...
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(sometimes called Whitsun ales) took place. Other customs, such as Morris dancing, were associated with Whitsun, although in most cases they have been...
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Erasmus Grasser (section Morris Dancers)
body is that the Apostles then buried her. Grasser was paid for the "Morris Dancers" (Moriskentänzer) in 1480. They were standing in about 5 meters height...
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English Morris dance, in Austria, Germany, Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Romania. In Ghillie Callum or "Scottish sword dance" the dancer crosses...
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9788444 The Mark Morris Dance Center is the permanent home of the international touring modern dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), in the...
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West morris. The main focus of a step dancer is in the footwork: dancers can create many different types of sound using their feet alone. Clog dancing was...
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derive from a rite performed to enable a fruitful harvest. The Morris Ring refer to the dance tradition as 'longsword' as do EFDSS. However the Goathland...
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Rapper sword (redirect from Rapper dance)
Rapper sword (also known as short sword dance) is a variation of sword dance unique to Northumberland and County Durham. It emerged from the pit villages...
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