Dance Information
Instructions
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MusicBooks
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Recordings
Bookings
Downloads
Technique
Essays
CallersWhat
I
DoAll
Colin's
DancesWednesday Workshops (archive)
Videos
Links
Other links
- Elements of English Country Dance — A user-friendly explanation of moves, steps, formations, etc.
- Round Reminders — instructions for many well-known dances (often my interpretations!)
- The Country Dance Book — most of the source of Sharp's six volumes
- Some of Sharp's piano scores for these
- Ed Gilmore's Square Dance Course Notes from 1949
- Thomas Green's list of barn dance information including lots of dances
- English Folk Dance and Song Society — national organisation
- Country Dance and Song Society — the American counterpart
Mailing Lists
The three lists that I belong to have now been grouped together under the site sharedweight.net. This is supported by CDSS and you can read about it here.- English Country Dance List. Here you can search the archives for a particular topic (for instance all message titles containing the word “technique”) or join the list, most of whom know what they're talking about when it comes to English Country Dance.
- Contra Callers List. Mainly for modern urban contra callers who expect a partner swing and neighbour swing in every dance.
- Traditional Dance Callers List. This group includes MWSD callers, traditional square callers and contra callers — and is remarkable for the way these three groups interact very positively to the benefit of all three. I believe you have to join the group before you can search the archives.
