Author: Mats Melin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000334333
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from contemporary Scottish practices. Mats Melin and Jennifer Schoonover explore the historical references describing percussive dancing to illustrate how widespread the practice was, giving some glimpses of what it looked and sounded like. The authors also explain what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from Scottish dancing practices. Their research draws together fieldwork, references from historical sources in English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic, and insights drawn from the authors’ practical knowledge of dances. They portray the complex network of dance dialects that existed in parallel across Scotland, and share how remnants of this vibrant tradition have endured in Scotland and the Scottish diaspora to the present day. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Dance and Music and its relationship to the history and culture of Scotland.
Dance Legacies of Scotland
Author: Mats Melin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000334333
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from contemporary Scottish practices. Mats Melin and Jennifer Schoonover explore the historical references describing percussive dancing to illustrate how widespread the practice was, giving some glimpses of what it looked and sounded like. The authors also explain what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from Scottish dancing practices. Their research draws together fieldwork, references from historical sources in English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic, and insights drawn from the authors’ practical knowledge of dances. They portray the complex network of dance dialects that existed in parallel across Scotland, and share how remnants of this vibrant tradition have endured in Scotland and the Scottish diaspora to the present day. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Dance and Music and its relationship to the history and culture of Scotland.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000334333
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from contemporary Scottish practices. Mats Melin and Jennifer Schoonover explore the historical references describing percussive dancing to illustrate how widespread the practice was, giving some glimpses of what it looked and sounded like. The authors also explain what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from Scottish dancing practices. Their research draws together fieldwork, references from historical sources in English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic, and insights drawn from the authors’ practical knowledge of dances. They portray the complex network of dance dialects that existed in parallel across Scotland, and share how remnants of this vibrant tradition have endured in Scotland and the Scottish diaspora to the present day. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Dance and Music and its relationship to the history and culture of Scotland.
Scottish Ceilidh Dancing
Author: David Ewart
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
ISBN: 9781851588459
Category : Ceilidh dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Say goodbye to squashed feet, sore toes and dizzy heads with Scottish Ceilidh Dancing. Guiding you through intricate dance steps and various hand holds in simple, straightforward language, this book introduces you to the exuberant world of the Dashing White Sergeant, the Gay Gordons, the Gypsy Tap and the Lucky Seven, to name but a few. All your old favourites are here and, with over fifty dances, there's something for everyone, from the simple routines of the Dinkie One-Step, to the more adventurous Southern Rose Waltz and the Posties Jig.
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
ISBN: 9781851588459
Category : Ceilidh dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Say goodbye to squashed feet, sore toes and dizzy heads with Scottish Ceilidh Dancing. Guiding you through intricate dance steps and various hand holds in simple, straightforward language, this book introduces you to the exuberant world of the Dashing White Sergeant, the Gay Gordons, the Gypsy Tap and the Lucky Seven, to name but a few. All your old favourites are here and, with over fifty dances, there's something for everyone, from the simple routines of the Dinkie One-Step, to the more adventurous Southern Rose Waltz and the Posties Jig.
Traditional Dancing in Scotland
Author: J. F. Flett
Publisher: London : Routledge and Paul
ISBN: 9780710207319
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Publisher: London : Routledge and Paul
ISBN: 9780710207319
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Scottish Dance Beyond 1805
Author: Patricia H Ballantyne
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429784139
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Scottish Dance Beyond 1805 presents a history of Scottish music and dance over the last 200 years, with a focus on sources originating in Aberdeenshire, when steps could be adapted in any way the dancer pleased. The book explains the major changes in the way that dance was taught and performed by chronicling the shift from individual dancing masters to professional, licensed members of regulatory societies. This ethnographical study assesses how dances such as the Highland Fling have been altered and how standardisation has affected contemporary Highland dance and music, by examining the experience of dancers and pipers. It considers reactions to regulation and standardisation through the introduction to Scotland of percussive step dance and caller-facilitated ceilidh dancing. Today’s Highland dancing is a standardised and international form of dance. This book tells the story of what changed over the last 200 years and why. It unfolds through a series of colourful characters, through the dances they taught and the music they danced to and through the story of one dance in particular, the Highland Fling. It considers how Scottish dance reflected changes in Scottish society and culture. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in the fields of Dance History, Ethnomusicology, Ethnochoreology, Ethnology and Folklore, Cultural History, Scottish Studies and Scottish Traditional Music as well as to teachers, judges and practitioners of Highland dancing and to those interested in the history of Scottish dance, music and culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429784139
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Scottish Dance Beyond 1805 presents a history of Scottish music and dance over the last 200 years, with a focus on sources originating in Aberdeenshire, when steps could be adapted in any way the dancer pleased. The book explains the major changes in the way that dance was taught and performed by chronicling the shift from individual dancing masters to professional, licensed members of regulatory societies. This ethnographical study assesses how dances such as the Highland Fling have been altered and how standardisation has affected contemporary Highland dance and music, by examining the experience of dancers and pipers. It considers reactions to regulation and standardisation through the introduction to Scotland of percussive step dance and caller-facilitated ceilidh dancing. Today’s Highland dancing is a standardised and international form of dance. This book tells the story of what changed over the last 200 years and why. It unfolds through a series of colourful characters, through the dances they taught and the music they danced to and through the story of one dance in particular, the Highland Fling. It considers how Scottish dance reflected changes in Scottish society and culture. The book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in the fields of Dance History, Ethnomusicology, Ethnochoreology, Ethnology and Folklore, Cultural History, Scottish Studies and Scottish Traditional Music as well as to teachers, judges and practitioners of Highland dancing and to those interested in the history of Scottish dance, music and culture.
Dances of Scotland
Author: Jean C. Milligan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Outlines the history and development of Scottish folk dances. Contains information on costumes, music and steps.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Outlines the history and development of Scottish folk dances. Contains information on costumes, music and steps.
Scotland Through Her Country Dances
Author: George S. Emmerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Traditional Step-dancing in Scotland
Author: J. F. Flett
Publisher: State Mutual Book & Periodical Service
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Traditional Step-dancing in Scotland focuses on the history of solo step-dancing including the Sword Dance, Highland Fling & Clog dancing. The subject is fully researched and illustrated, and also contains step dancing from Nova Scotia.
Publisher: State Mutual Book & Periodical Service
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Traditional Step-dancing in Scotland focuses on the history of solo step-dancing including the Sword Dance, Highland Fling & Clog dancing. The subject is fully researched and illustrated, and also contains step dancing from Nova Scotia.
A Dance Called America
Author: James Hunter
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 0857907751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A dance was devised in eighteenth-century Skye. An exhilarating dance. A dance, a visitor reports, 'the emigration from Skye has occasioned'. The visitor asks for the dance's name. 'They call it America,' he's told. In his introduction to this new edition of his classic and pioneering account of what happened to the thousands of people who left Skye and the wider north of Scotland to make new lives across the sea, historian James Hunter reflects on what led him to embark on travels and researches that took him across a continent. To Georgia, North Carolina and Montana; to Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and the Mohawk Valley; to prairie farms and great cities; to the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia and Washington State. This is the story of the Highland impact on the New World. The story of how soldiers, explorers, guerrilla fighters, fur traders, lumberjacks, railway builders and settlers from Scotland's glens and islands contributed so much to the USA and Canada. It is the story of how a hard-pressed people found in North America a land of opportunity.
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 0857907751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A dance was devised in eighteenth-century Skye. An exhilarating dance. A dance, a visitor reports, 'the emigration from Skye has occasioned'. The visitor asks for the dance's name. 'They call it America,' he's told. In his introduction to this new edition of his classic and pioneering account of what happened to the thousands of people who left Skye and the wider north of Scotland to make new lives across the sea, historian James Hunter reflects on what led him to embark on travels and researches that took him across a continent. To Georgia, North Carolina and Montana; to Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and the Mohawk Valley; to prairie farms and great cities; to the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia and Washington State. This is the story of the Highland impact on the New World. The story of how soldiers, explorers, guerrilla fighters, fur traders, lumberjacks, railway builders and settlers from Scotland's glens and islands contributed so much to the USA and Canada. It is the story of how a hard-pressed people found in North America a land of opportunity.
I Dance Therefore I Am
Author: Robin Edward Poulton
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781729316009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is a book of dancing around the world written for all children and their grandparents, filled with wit and humor, interspersing dances with personal stories, jokes and home-spun lessons from life - enlivened with word pictures of St Andrews, of beautiful Scotland, of kilts and haggis. Robin Poulton celebrates the worldwide friendship of dancers, offering a philosophy of life that promotes "the greatest happiness to the greatest number" through peace and love and dancing. Read and enjoy!
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781729316009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This is a book of dancing around the world written for all children and their grandparents, filled with wit and humor, interspersing dances with personal stories, jokes and home-spun lessons from life - enlivened with word pictures of St Andrews, of beautiful Scotland, of kilts and haggis. Robin Poulton celebrates the worldwide friendship of dancers, offering a philosophy of life that promotes "the greatest happiness to the greatest number" through peace and love and dancing. Read and enjoy!
Traditional Dancing in Scotland
Author: J. F. Flett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description