Folk dancing
‘Michael Flatley appeared like a rockstar’: how Riverdance gave the jig cool factor
Thirty years ago, Riverdance’s groundbreaking Eurovision interval performance ignited a new generation’s devotion to Irish dancing
Hollie Geraghty
29, Apr, 2024 @2:14 PM
Kizlar review – a dance of the warriors with hip-swinging swagger
Ceyda Tanc’s all-female troupe put on a display of sass and self-possession as they redesign a traditional Turkish folk dance
Lyndsey Winship
17, May, 2023 @11:25 AM
Cinder Well: Cadence review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
Multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker conjures realms of poetic sound on a lush, complex, sometimes overwhelming album
Jude Rogers
14, Apr, 2023 @7:00 AM
Good Friday skipping: English Heritage aims to jump-start neglected Easter tradition
‘Long rope day’ endured for hundreds of years but is now largely forgotten, says charity
Esther Addley
06, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM
Gwenno, quarry raves and the punks of Penzance: inside the Cornish music explosion
A buzzy new venue is spearheading a south-western musical renaissance, with hundreds of people dancing in the streets after a booming club night. Our writer hits the floor for the Cornish conga
Oliver Berry
24, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘It was change or die’: why morris men are now welcoming morris women
Women were once excluded from the official folk dance groups – but now the barriers are down. Will this mean the end of traditional morris performances?
03, Oct, 2022 @5:10 PM
Jacken Elswyth: Six Static Scenes review | Jude Rogers's folk album of the month
Tunes by well-known banjo players inspire new departures that range from avant garde to shimmeringly pretty
Jude Rogers
29, Jul, 2022 @8:00 AM
Well, slap my shoe! A lederhosen classic and a polka only five men can do
What do you get if you cross a 1,000-year-old Bavarian shoe-slapping dance with an all-male Italian folk routine that was on the brink of extinction? A sweaty, joyous double-bill!
Lyndsey Winship
28, Feb, 2022 @8:00 AM
Fire, cider and ‘heavy metal morris dancing’: the resurgence of wassailing
A centuries-old outdoor folklore ceremony featuring singing, dancing, costumes and crop-blessings, the wassail is having a pandemic-era revival – with witchy reinventions
Jude Rogers
13, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM
Arushi Jain: Under the Lilac Sky review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
The composer blends classical Indian vocals and modular synth drones into harmonic textures full of warming solace
Ammar Kalia
25, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
Ron Smedley obituary
Award-winning young people’s TV producer and leading promoter of folk dance and ballet
Derek Schofield
24, Jun, 2021 @5:26 PM
Morris dancers and the origin of blackface | Letter
Letter: Nicholas Wall says factors such as the use of banjos, minstrel lyrics in songs and oral histories make the link between minstrelsy and border morris irrefutable
Letters
03, May, 2021 @3:42 PM
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