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Dances of the world.
- Title
- Dances of the world. Central France [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International.
- Publication
- U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1989.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Educational program on folk dances of central France, as performed by three French groups. In addition to performance excerpts, the program includes background information on French geography, culture, and costumes, and detailed descriptions of two musical instruments, the vielle (hurdy-gurdy) and the épinette (zither or dulcimer).
- Series Statement
- Folkmoot USA.
- Alternative Title
- Folkmoot USA -- Central France
- Subjects
- Folk dancing > France
- Dance
- Wedding dances and music
- Fishermen's dances
- Work dances
- Bourrée (Dance)
- Clog-dancing
- Educational/cultural films and programs
- Pastourelle (Dance)
- Snail dance (Dance)
- Folk festivals > North Carolina
- Video
- Folk dance music > France
- Harvest dances
- Schottische (Dance)
- Folk dancing > France > Berry
- Polka (Dance)
- Escargot (Dance)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Educational/cultural films and programs.
- Note
- Title on original container: Folkmoot USA -- Central France.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewees: André Dubois, director, La Sabotée sancerroise ; Robert Monin, director, Les Enfants du Morvan ; Marie-Thérèse Bernard, director, Groupe Folklorique La Soyotte ; André Gabriel, musicologist.
- 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 1985, 1986, and 1988.
- Contents
- Dance excerpts: Star or snail dance, Carrée croisée, Bourrée à huit, La pastourelle / danced by La Sabotée sancerroise -- Schottish, Bourrée à trois, Mineur de jeu, Sortres / danced by Les Enfants du Morvan -- Polka piquée or polka des pantalons fendus, Violets, Polka, Katrée, Wedding dance, Woodsplitters' dance / danced by Groupe Folklorique La Soyotte.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2591
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F307
- Title
- Dances of the world. Central France [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International.
- Imprint
- U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1989.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Folkmoot USA.
- Performer
- Danced by La Sabotée sancerroise, Berry, France ; Les Enfants du Morvan, Dijon, France ; and Groupe Folklorique La Soyotte, Saint-Die, France.Interviewees: André Dubois, director, La Sabotée sancerroise ; Robert Monin, director, Les Enfants du Morvan ; Marie-Thérèse Bernard, director, Groupe Folklorique La Soyotte ; André Gabriel, musicologist.
- 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 1985, 1986, and 1988.
- Local Subject
- Fishermen's dances.Harvest dances.Wedding dances and music.Work dances.
- Added Author
- Dubois, André, director. IntervieweeGabriel, André. IntervieweeSabotée sancerroise (Musical group)Enfants du Morvan (Dance company)Groupe folklorique la Soyotte.Folk Dance Videos International (Firm)Folkmoot USA (Festival)DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2591