The Boss Morris Exhibition looks set to cap a year in which Stroud's progressive dancing side has taken the folk world by storm.
Performance
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.
Jon Wilks chats to folk singer and Morris dancer, Ellie Gowers, about her close encounters with history in the making.
We chat to author Michael Heaney about his new book tracing the history of morris dancing from its earliest emergence to the present day.
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’?
Boss Morris are one of the most prominent Morris dance sides of today. Jon Wilks caught up with Alex Merry and Lily Cheetham to find out how they took the folk scene by storm.
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.
Ever tinkered with the idea of joining a morris team? September is the best time to do it. James Merryclough explores the reasons why.
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…
Already making an appearance at festivals around the UK, 'The Broadside Hack' is a new film exploring traditional folk music in a modern context.
Saturday 30th September saw morris teams descend on Bishop's Castle in Shropshire for the Morris Federation AGM and day of dance.