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Film, Video The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song

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Title

  • The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song

Summary

  • Dance historian Graham Christian discussed his new book, "The Playford Assembly," a major new collection of historic English dances published by the Country Dance and Song Society in celebration of its centennial year. Christian's talk will be enhanced by demonstrations of the dances by CDSS dancers and musicians. "The Playford Assembly" (a follow-up to the seminal 1990 collection "The Playford Ball," also published by CDSS) features 125 historical dances edited for use by contemporary dancers and dance leaders. Reflecting recent scholarship, it revives many of the older dances based on the advice of a committee convened by the author. He will discuss his selection process and the history of English country dance in England and the United States, as well as cultural aspects of the era in which the dances were created.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-01-30.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Graham Christian, Playford Assembly, Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series, Country Dance and Song Society, CDSS, 100th Anniversary

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Graham Christian, Country Dance & Song Society.
  • -  Recorded on 2016-01-30.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690013

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-30, 2016. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690013/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2016) The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-30. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690013/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-30, 2016. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690013/>.