This #MorrisFed video shows a number of morris dance styles which featured at the Warwick Folk Festival 2023 and includes short interviews with a number of the performers who explain why morris dancing is such fun!
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This is English Morris dancing. Morris is alive and thriving at Warwick Folk Festival 2023. There are many styles of dance from different areas across the UK. This video looks at some of the different styles of morris dancing - as well as hearing about what makes people so passionate about the dancing that they get involved.

This is the first in a series of short videos about English Morris and Sword Dancing, for use in schools with the schools resource 'Buzzing Britain'.

FEATURED SIDES
The following sides appear in this video. Click on the hashtag to find other videos of the sides or their website URL for more information.

Customs and Exiles (#CustomsandExiles) [ Ссылка ]
Earlsdon Morris [ Ссылка ]
Hammersmith Morris (#HammersmithMorris) [ Ссылка ]
Harlequin Morris [ Ссылка ]
Leominster Morris [ Ссылка ]
Liberty Hill North West Morris (#LibertyHillNorthWestMorris) [ Ссылка ]
Plum Jerkum Border Morris [ Ссылка ]
The Seven Champions Molly Dancers [ Ссылка ]
Sheffield Steel Rapper (#SheffieldSteelRapper #SheffieldGirlsCan) [ Ссылка ]
The Outside Capering Crew (#OutsideCaperingCrew) [ Ссылка ]
Whip the Cat Rapper (#WhiptheCatRapper) [ Ссылка ]
The Witchmen (with grey face paint) [ Ссылка ]

FEATURED DANCE STYLES
Want to see more of the dance styles shown in this video? See further YouTube videos:
Rapper sword dance (#RapperSwordDance): [ Ссылка ]
Cotswold Morris (#CotswoldMorris): [ Ссылка ]
North West Morris (#NorthWestMorris): [ Ссылка ]
Border Morris (#BorderMorris): [ Ссылка ]
Molly dance (#MollyDance): [ Ссылка ]

RELATED RESOURCES
Morris Federation Website (#morrisfed): [ Ссылка ]
Teamfinder service - for finding morris, sword and related sides (#morristeamfinder): [ Ссылка ]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Interviewer: Hashu Mohammed (aka SMASH Bengali: [ Ссылка ] from the BBC Asian Network)
Videographer: Younis Ahmad
Location: Warwick Folk Festival, July 2023: [ Ссылка ]
Funded by Arts Council England (#ACEsupported #LetsCreate ): [ Ссылка ] and Preston City Council [ Ссылка ]
Commissioned by: The Morris Federation [ Ссылка ] and Encounter Festival [ Ссылка ]
Project: 'Old Dances, New People, New Age'
Linked schools resources: 'Buzzing Britain'

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Start
0:20 English morris dance
0:35 Rapper sword dance
0:46 Cotswold morris
1:00 Molly dance
1:25 Northwest morris dance
1:35 The Outside Capering Crew
2:12 Why we do it!
2:40 The Teamfinder service (find a local side)
2:50 The Morris Federation

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