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Traditional dance

Buckland, Theresa Jill; Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education

1982

Buckland, Theresa: English folk dance scholarship: a review. -- Flett, Joan: Traditional dancing in Scotland. -- Clifton, Peter, and Ann-Marie Hulme: Solo step dancing within living memory in North No...

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The traditional dance

Alford, Violet; Gallop, Rodney (1901-1948)

1935

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Ikons and oxen

Thornton, Philip

1939

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Dance

1963-1979

This subseries contains items on traditional dance, especially English folk dances. The subject matter includes bibliographies on folk dance; traditional English dances including Morris dancing, the A...

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The Traditional Dances of Poland

Lange, Roderyk

1970

This file contains a copy of Roderyk Lange's paper on traditional dances in Poland, extracted from 'Viltis', volume 29, number 1 (May 1970), pp. 4-14.

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A nagyecsedi oláh cigányok tánchagyománya = The dance tradition of Vlach gypsies in Nagyecsed

Balázs, Gusztáv

1995

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-132).

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Choreographic politics : state folk dance companies, representation, and power

Shay, Anthony (1936-)

c2002

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.

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"Gypsy Children"

[1970s]

Copy of a photographic postcard, postmarked 1909 , of a group of Gypsy Traveller children in the New Forest (Hampshire), performing a dance.

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English dance and song

English Folk Dance and Song Society

v.41, no.3 (1979); v.42 no.1 (1980)-v.42, no.2 (1980)

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Stott, Miss M.

[June 1965]

Copy [?made in 1965] of a photograph of members of the men's sword dancing team, Flamborough (East Riding of Yorkshire). The men are dressed in uniform, consisting of white trousers, black knitted jum...

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Archive Series

M: Folk Music, Dance and Drama

1936-1982

This series contains items relating to aspects of traditional performance, including music, dance and drama. The items include studies of folk performance, as well as song texts and tunes, and transcr...

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