English Country Dancing has been around for nearly 600 years and still thriving at Barn Dances and Ceilidhs. It has been enjoyed by all levels of society from Royal Courts and fashionable balls to Village Halls and Farm Kitchens. This book traces the history of this dance form, the changes that have taken place and attempts to put it all in context with information about what was happening historically and what people were wearing at the time.
Fully illustrated throughout this book is the perfect introduction to an often ignored part of England’s cultural heritage. There are also instructions given for eighteen different dances as examples of the changing styles and how they still survive to be danced to this day.