Friday 30 October 2015

Dancing with a purpose

This circle dance/game has been passed down through generations of African Americans living on the islands off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. The movements include folding “blankets,” choosing partners, loping like a buzzard, and creating movements that partners mimic.







Upon a summer's day 
This six-person, three-couple longways set dance is similar to those danced in England in the early 1600s. The dance was still being danced in the Kentucky mountains in the early 1900s.




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