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"Folk Dances of the United States: Regional Types and Origins"
Scholarly presentation by noted dance researcher Elizabeth Burchenal and published in the Journal of the International Folk Music Council. Burchenal begins her talk thus:
"The term "folk dance" as used here does not refer to "popular dance" or to…
"The term "folk dance" as used here does not refer to "popular dance" or to…
Not Your Grandparents Square Dance
Old-time music and square dancing in Portland, Oregon. Interviews with Bill Martin and Michael Ismerio, and footage from the Old Time Music Gathering, reveal the intimate links between the old-time music scene and the revival of square dancing.This…
Bill Litchman - Rocky Mountain Square Dancing
(To open the PDF document, click on the underlined link to the right.)This overview of square dance history focuses on two major groups of square dance. One group (northern, Eastern, Maritime, etc.) relies on quadrille-style figures, with couples…
Phil Jamison - Carcassonne big set
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. Carcassonne, Kentucky, still hosts a regular traditional dance series, and these figures are typical of…
Southern Appalachian Squares 0 - Sampler
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. This samples provides excerpts of the dances presented in that workshop. You will be able to find…
Phil Jamison - Shoo-Fly Swing - dance
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. He described this figure as an ending figure that can come at the end of a big circle dance. A separate…
Phil Jamison - Big Circle Dance from Carcassonne, KY
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. In this video, Phil introduces the big set formation danced in Carcassonne, Kentucky; an accompanying…
Elizabeth Burchenal 5 - square dance
Several figures incorporated into four-couple square dance, with the men doing some fancy footwork.
Starting at 2:16 and until the end, notice the musicians, two fiddlers and a banjo. The fiddlers have very different styles.
Starting at 2:16 and until the end, notice the musicians, two fiddlers and a banjo. The fiddlers have very different styles.
Elizabeth Burchenal 4 - big set, brick building
In this dance, the lead couple passes around their neighbors, and while behind them passes each other by the right hand, then returns to the center of the set, swings the opposite, and moves on to the next couple.
At :46, the two couples form a…
At :46, the two couples form a…
Elizabeth Burchenal 3 - big set demo
This appears to be a demonstration of various southern Appalachian big set figures. There are several shots of musicians scattered throughout.
The film starts with the Georgia Rang Tang figure, also known by many other names: right hand turn…
The film starts with the Georgia Rang Tang figure, also known by many other names: right hand turn…
Elizabeth Burchenal 2 - big set in field
Unknown location
Brief shot of Elizabeth Burchenal herself at the start; shots of musicians (guitar, 2 banjos, fiddle) at 2:51
Figures include:
Opposite turn by right hand; partner turn by left hand; swing opposite; swing partner
Lady round…
Brief shot of Elizabeth Burchenal herself at the start; shots of musicians (guitar, 2 banjos, fiddle) at 2:51
Figures include:
Opposite turn by right hand; partner turn by left hand; swing opposite; swing partner
Lady round…
Elizabeth Burchenal footage 1 - Old Dan Tucker
Elizabeth Burchenal leading a group in Old Dan Tucker, a dance with with an extra gent in the center, a square dance related to the Ninepin. Recorded in Atlantic City, NJ, 1930, at a meeting of the National Recreation Congress. We are told that one…