It’s not often you receive a press release about an exhibition dedicated to morris dancing, let alone one about a single team.
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We round up some of the top morris dance events for 2024.
It seems to come round early each year, doesn’t it? The true meaning of the festive season; voting for your...
Morris statistician and dancer, Jack Worth, announces the latest entry in his ongoing study of traditional dancing.
James Merryclough digs into the origins of the JMO Day of Dance, reading countless parliamentary bills so you don't have to.
A recent piece in the EFDSS Newsletter on Ron Smedley's 1963 'Morris Ballet' prompted Ian A. Anderson to reach into his vast fRoots archive and dig out this article from 2017. We reproduce it here with kind permission.
As the clog dancing calendar kicks off with Lancashire Wallopers’ Weekend of Step Clog Dance (10th-11th February), clog maker, Simon Brock, takes a look at this very British craft.
As the new year approaches and the old year creeps away, we're back with the news you've been waiting for: Tradfolk's Folk Dance Performance of the Year 2023
We’re on the lookout for the best Morris or associated folk dance performance of 2023. Last year we had over...
New traditions have to start somewhere, right? Last night saw the dawning of 'dusking', a tradition first proposed by the artist, Lucy Wright.
The East Sussex morris side found themselves in the glare of tabloid outrage last week after dropping the word "men" from their name. We caught up with them to get their side of the story.
“We’ve come to dance the Dusking and we’ll dance the old sun down” - artist, Lucy Wright wants to invite you to join her in a new tradition this October! But what is ‘Dusking’?