Country Dance and Song Society is a United States umbrella organization whose members enjoy English dance. Country Dance*New York runs English and contra dance events in New York City. Country Dance Society, Boston Centre runs English and contra dances in …

2018年3月10日 · English Country Dance was the most popular dance form in the courts of Europe from the 1600s to the 1800s. (Truly the first “English Invasion”.) It was easy enough for...

Country dance, genre of social dance for several couples, the characteristic form of folk and courtly dances of the British Isles. In England after about 1550, the term country dancing referred to a dance of the upper classes; similar dances, usually called traditional, existed contemporaneously

English Country Dance is a style of dancing where couples work together to perform a series of figures. The dance is usually called, which means there is a dancing master/mistress who describes what the dancers need to do as the dance progresses (so dancers do not have to know the dance beforehand).

There are regular dances all around England. If you’re in London, try our weekly Thursday evening classes at Cecil Sharp House: www.cecilsharphouse.org/englishcountrydancing. A quick introduction...

2017年4月25日 · English country dance is a popular form of social dancing. Participants dance in sets of between 2 and 4 couples and they follow the dance instructions called out by the caller. This dance may take place in square, circle, line, or triangle formations depending on the music and number of couples.

English Country Dance Video Playlists. The Childgrove channel on YouTube is a repository of over 100 videos of English country dancing and is a source of instruction on how to dance many of the finest dances choreographed by Fried de Metz Herman. From Paul B Ross

Today, English Country Dance continues to thrive under the aegis of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, thanks to Cecil Sharp, and occupies an important part of the international dance world. Its earlier forms are now increasingly being reconstructed from an historical point of view.

Eight Playford Dances (arranged for Orchestra): 00:00 Trip to Paris - 01:19 Rufty tufty - 02:24 Jenny pluck pears - 03:46 Parsons farewell - 04:42 St Martin´...

The country dance and the measures originate in England, and, alongside the hornpipe, the jig and morris dancing are the vernacular dance genres of early modern Britain.