The UK's largest association of morris and traditional dance teams
May Day is a popular day for Morris dancing, as a start to the morris ‘season’ of performing, rather than practising. Some teams get up and ‘dance up the sun’ at dawn (about 05:31). Then go off to a pub for a hearty breakfast. But this year it is different. With social distancing, morris teams […]
The third solo dance to be released in the ‘Isolation Instructionals’ series of videos made during the Covid-19 outbreak is a Sailor’s Hornpipe. It is danced and taught by Martyn Harvey of Crook Morris from Kendal, Cumbria, with musicians Jen Wilson and Frank Lee. Martyn also tells us why he learned it, who taught it […]
Following the International success of the #LoneMorrisFestival on Sat 21st March 2020, it was repeated as the St George’s Day bash on Saturday 25th April 2020, being the nearest Saturday to St George’s Day. Morris dancers up and down the country put on their morris kit and danced and played their instruments in their gardens […]
Melanie Barber reflects on her six years as president, Goathland Stots take on a Three Peaks challenge, Montenegro morris with Dr Turberville’s, our AGM day of dance in photos, Boss Morris go to Glastonbury, while Rivington Morris return to Sidmouth for the third time, a new booklet on warming up and down from Andrew Knight, Kettle Bridge Clogs call time after 35 years, plus a roundup of birthdays, festivals, and other celebrations.
While morris dancing would appear always to have been a predominantly male pursuit, it was never exclusively so. The idea of an organisation to provide information and moral support for these newly formed women’s sides was first mooted in 1973 and, following a period of informal contact, the Women’s Morris Federation was officially inaugurated in October 1975.
The JMO Day of Dance will be on Saturday 17th April 2021 in Liverpool City Centre hosted by The Morris Ring in the North West. For more info click on the link below.
