![]() ![]() It is available at commercial bookstores.Ĭultures and Styling in Folk Dance by Sanna Longden and Phyllis Weikart (Ypsilanti, Mich.: High/Scope Press, 1998) $37.95. Lynne Emery is a social scientist and historian who has a great knowledge of dance. A complete and fascinating history with many notes and quotes, and a foreword by Katherine Dunham. Wherever possible, Goldschmidt has included detailed descriptions of the dances and pictures for illustration.īlack Da nce from 1619 to Today by Lynne Fauley Emery (Princeton: Princeton Book Co., 1988) $19.95. Deals with preconceived notions of supposedly “biblical” dances, and sets the record straight. Containes researched development of the dances and describes their origins. ![]() Examines every Israeli folk dance at hand and choses those whose lyrics can be traced back to the Bible. The Bible in Israeli Folk Dance by Matti Goldschmidt (Viersen 2001 (Germany) ISBN: 3-93. From the Shoo-fly Swing to the Virginia Reel, Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics reinterprets an essential aspect of Appalachian culture. He traces the forms from their European, African American, and Native American roots to the modern day. He argues that these distinctive folk dances are not the unaltered jigs and reels of the early British settlers, but hybrids that developed over time by adopting and incorporating elements from other popular forms. Old-time musician and flatfoot dancer Phil Jamison journeys into the past and surveys the present to tell the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics – Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance by Phil Jamison (2015) ISBN: 978-7-0. Between 20, author Nielson traveled to dance events across the United States and interviewed over 100 people for this one-of-a-kind, must-have book. The book covers the history of social dancing in North America, with emphasis on the 20th century folk dance movement. Folk Dancing by Erica Nielson (2011) ISBN: 978-8-7 is part of the ABC-CLIO’s American Dance Floor Series. ![]()
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