Research Catalog

Title

Traditional dance in the Appalachian mountains [electronic resource]

Publication

1930-1987.

Details

Additional Authors

• Miller, Veronia.
• Woodside, Jane Harris.
• Baker, Don.
• Baker, Helen.
• Cassell, Emmett.
• Warren, Fern Simpson.
• Spalding, Susan Eike.
• Johnson, Anne.
• Butler, Marguerite.
• Cassell, Pauline.
• John C. Campbell Folk School.
• Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (33 min.) : si. and sd., b&w and col.

Summary

Part of an eleven-cassette compilation by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, East Tennessee State University, containing films and videorecordings by various filmmakers and videographers, ranging in date from the 1930s to 1987. The compilation includes both unedited and edited footage of dance, music, and interviews principally from the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Subject

• Two-step (Dance)
• Folk dancing > Denmark
• Folk dancing > North Carolina
• Folk dancing > Southern States
• Folk dancing > Tennessee
• Dance > Religious aspects
• Folk dancing > Appalachian Mountains
• Clog dancing

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

• Dance and music footage from the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina (approx. 11 min., si., b&w). Filmed by Marguerite (Bidstrup) Butler, circa 1930-1944. Parts of the film were flipped when transferred to videotape. Depicts traditional Danish dances imported by members of the school staff, and traditional Appalachian dances (square dancing and stepdancing); the two are not differentiated on the film. The Danish dances generally feature kick-hop and kicking steps, and the movements are more synchronized than those of the Appalachian dances. The women often wear kerchiefs or aprons in the Danish dances. All the solo dances are Appalachian; the square dances feature a walking step, and there is no uniformity of costume. - The highland woodcarver: Excerpts (approx. 2 min., sd., b&w). Opening credits and square dancing scenes from a documentary on the Carolina Hills of the southeastern U.S. - Southern highlanders: Excerpts (approx. 3 min., sd., color). Opening credits and square dancing and other scenes from a documentary in the series Americans at home (c1947 [?]). Producer: Walter Lowendahl. Director: Lawrence Madison. Music: Emil Velasco. - All join hands: Dancing at Beechwood in eastern Tennessee (approx. 16 min., sd., color). Producer: Susan Spalding. Director: Anne Johnson. Videographers: Andrew Garrison and Mimi Pickering. Interviewer: Jane Woodside. Recorded at the Beechwood Family
• Entertainment Center, Fall Branch, Tennessee, on August 21, 1987. Music played by Snake and the Grass and the Shipley Brothers. Dance footage depicts Appalachian or old-time square dancing, with caller Veronia Miller; stepdancing performed by dancers of all ages; and the two-step. Brief interviews are held with Miller, who talks about square dance calling; Fern Simpson Warren, who reminisces about the dances of her girlhood; Helen and Don Baker, the owners of the center, who discuss religious disapproval of dancing; and Pauline and Emmett Cassell, who recall their experiences of dancing.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 8627

OCLC

NYPY916022306-F

Title

Traditional dance in the Appalachian mountains [electronic resource]

Imprint

1930-1987.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2029 cassette 5.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. Traditional dance in the Appalachian mountains.

Local Subject

Flatfooting.

Square, round and contra dancing.

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Square, round and contra dancing -- Calls.

Motion pictures. The highland woodcarver.

Motion pictures. Southern highlanders.

Television. All join hands.

Added Author

Miller, Veronia. Interviewee

Woodside, Jane Harris. Interviewer

Baker, Don. Interviewee

Baker, Helen. Interviewee

Cassell, Emmett. Interviewee

Warren, Fern Simpson. Interviewee

Spalding, Susan Eike. Producer

Johnson, Anne. Director

Butler, Marguerite. Cinematographer

John C. Campbell Folk School.

Center for Appalachian Studies and Services.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 8627

*MGZIC 9-2029 cassette 5 (former)