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Morris Dancing – The Peculiar British Tradition

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Morris dancing — a traditional type of British folk dance is synonymous with villages fairs and men dressed in white dancing with wooden sticks But there are many more elements to Morris that the stereotypes we are familiar with In this episode I explore its origins and learn how it has expanded around the globe Today s guests nbsp Peter Austin Bagman of The Morris Ring – The founding National Association of Morris and Sword Dance Clubs in Britain Cat Van t Hof amp Nat James of the Brandragon Morris in Melbourne Australia To learn more about these groups see below https themorrisring org In 1934 the Cambridge Morris Men invited five other teams to join them in the formation of a national organisation the result was that five of the revival clubs – Cambridge Letchworth Thaxted East Surrey and Greensleeves – met at Thaxted in Essex on the 11th May that year to inaugurate The Morris Ring Cambridge Morris Men describe the start of Morris in Cambridge during the winter of 1911 12 in the 1949 booklet 50 Years of Morris Dancing Oxford were not at Thaxted however they sent their apologies and were there in spirit and agreed with the suggested constitution for the Ring Helmond Morris link is external was the first group to start outside of the UK – in 1935 They even danced during the dark years of World War II http brandragon morris org au Founded in 2001 we are Melbourne s only North West Morris Side What is Morris Dancing It is traditional English folk dancing The North West style is done in formations of 4 6 or 8 dancers to live music We wear heavy clogs which were worn in the factories of England during the time just after the Industrial Revolution The dancing steps are quite simple but the dancers create interesting visual patterns which comes from hours of practise If you would like to try Morris dancing please contact us and come along to a practise any time We also welcome new musicians to join us Our current band has members who play the melodeon the recorder the drum and other percussion instruments Music from Pixabay Photo Morris dancing at Port Sunlight jpg Morris dancing at the 2011 Port Sunlight Festival Wirral England Reptonix free Creative Commons licensed photos Creative Commons Attribution 3 0 — Send in a voice message https anchor fm daniel-mainwaring5 messageClick here to visit this podcast episode