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This page contains brief details about the video recording; the video (embedded in the page); an abstract for the talk; links to additional resources; speaker biography and a summary.
Video recording of talk
Recording of a Morris Federation talk on “Cotswold Morris Workshop – Ducklington Jig ‘Nutting Girl’” by Andrew Knight and Lin Steel, with Musician Tony Warren held on Zoom on 14 November 2021. The #MorrisFedvideo lasts for 1 hour 38 minutes.
Video
Abstract
Andrew Knight and Lin Steel, with musician Tony Warren, will teach a Cotswold morris jig (solo dance) for those with some experience of Cotswold morris, and also suitable for those who attended our beginners Cotswold workshop last year.
The dance is ‘Nutting Girl’ in the style of Ducklington, and as usual it will be as recorded by the collectors. During the 2 hour workshop they will cover the form and steps of the dance, and build to the whole jig.
Additional resources
Links to related resources:
- Event details
- Review by Jo Smyth
- Video: Andrew Knight and Lin Steel dancing: ‘Nutting Girl’ in the style of Ducklington – Front View and ‘Nutting Girl’ in the style of Ducklington – Back View and ‘Nutting Girl’ in the style of Ducklington – Side View (2016)
- Video: Warming up and Cooling Down for Morris Dancers on the MF YouTube Channel
- A folder containing: Dance Notation and music dots for ‘Nutting Girl’ Ducklington Jig in the MF Notation Library
Speaker biography
Dance leaders – Andrew Knight and Lin Steel, with Musician Tony Warren. Lin has danced from early childhood and is a professional dance teacher with the RAD, her Morris history starts with Border and she made the transition to Cotswold on moving to Somerset, she has danced most genres of Morris. Andrew is an Osteopath and has danced Morris for 25+ years almost exclusively Cotswold; both have been teachers/fore(wo)men and leaders/squires of several teams and both dance with multiple teams. Andrew wrote the Warm up information 2nd edition for The Morris Federation.
Andrew, Lin and Tony currently perform with the Knights of King Ina morris jig team, based in Somerset
Summary
- Title: Cotswold Morris Workshop – Ducklington Jig ‘Nutting Girl’
- Speaker: Andrew Knight and Lin Steel with musician Tony Warren
- Facilitator: Pauline Woods-Wilson
- Type: dance
- Date of talk: 14 November 2021
- Date page published: 22 April 2023
- Video edited by: Brian Kelly
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