We’re on the lookout for the best Morris or associated folk dance performance of 2023. Last year we had over...
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The person who got the English folk dance movement off the ground was Mary Neal, a suffragette who eventually fell foul of that man Cecil Sharp’s quest for artistic authenticity. Derek Schofield tells the tale.
Morris dancer, James Merryclough, takes a look at the Sheffield Morris dancing scene and finds that it's in very rude health indeed.
With the Sword Dance Union Longsword Competition coming to Sheffield next weekend, we take a look at one of our oldest dance traditions.
Morris statistician and dancer, Jack Worth, announces the latest entry in his ongoing study of traditional dancing.
Already making an appearance at festivals around the UK, 'The Broadside Hack' is a new film exploring traditional folk music in a modern context.
Nude Morris dancers cause a stir in Shepton Mallett, but this isn't the first time that loose bells have made the news.
A Sheffield folk dance group have found themselves at the centre of the latest alleged 10 Downing Street Covid-19 lockdown contraventions, this time relating to an illegal Morris dance or ‘team building work event’.
Everything you need to know about the 2023 JMO Day of Dance, taking place in Exeter on Saturday 22nd April.
When most people hear the phrase American rapper, I expect they think of Snoop Dogg, Tupac or Dr Dre (insert...
The meeting of Cecil Sharp and the Headington Quarry Morris Men and their young musician William Kimber on Boxing Day...
Morris dancing occasionally appears in TV shows, music videos and other aspects of popular culture. It’s often used as the butt of a joke, but in other instances it’s used to add interest, variety and even a sinister edge…
