It seems to come round early each year, doesn’t it? The true meaning of the festive season; voting for your...
Performance
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.
With the Sword Dance Union Longsword Competition coming to Sheffield next weekend, we take a look at one of our oldest dance traditions.
Ever tinkered with the idea of joining a morris team? September is the best time to do it. James Merryclough explores the reasons why.
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’?
Saturday 30th September saw morris teams descend on Bishop's Castle in Shropshire for the Morris Federation AGM and day of dance.
The Boss Morris Exhibition looks set to cap a year in which Stroud's progressive dancing side has taken the folk world by storm.
