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Dances of the world.
- Title
- Dances of the world. Volume 2, England [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International.
- Publication
- U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | VHS | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-2588 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (43 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Educational program on present-day morris dancing, as performed and described by members of two English morris dance groups. Topics include the rapper and longsword dances, the "Tommy" and "Betty" characters (the latter performed by a man in women's clothes), the recently revived egg dance, functions of and occasions for morris dancing, costumes, traditions, and the creation of new dances.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Presented in memory of Mary Ann Herman.
- Series Statement
- Folkmoot USA.
- Alternative Title
- Folkmoot USA -- England
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Educational/cultural films and programs.
- Note
- Title on original container: Folkmoot USA -- England.
- Event (note)
- Performance excerpts videotaped at the Stompin' Ground, Maggie Valley, and other locations in North Carolina, as part of the annual Folkmoot USA, the North Carolina International Folk Festival, in the summers of 1984 and 1988.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2588
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F295
- Title
- Dances of the world. Volume 2, England [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International.
- Imprint
- U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1988.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Folkmoot USA.
- Performer
- Danced by the Monkseaton Morris Men, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England ; and the Chester City Morris Men, Liverpool, England.
- Event
- Performance excerpts videotaped at the Stompin' Ground, Maggie Valley, and other locations in North Carolina, as part of the annual Folkmoot USA, the North Carolina International Folk Festival, in the summers of 1984 and 1988.
- Local Subject
- Egg dances.Male dancing.Dancers en travesti.
- Added Author
- Monkseaton Morris Men.Chester City Morris Men.Folk Dance Videos International (Firm)Folkmoot USA (Festival)DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2588