The UK's largest association of morris and traditional dance teams
An exhibition of 45 morris dolls, instigated and stored by the Museum of British Folklore, is currently situated within the Folk Art galleries at Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Morris sides from all over the country were invited to dress a small mannequin in their kit as part of a project to portray the morris today as a dynamic alternative to photographs.
Why not visit and see who you can spot?
The exhibition will run until 25 June 2017.
The JMO National Day of Dance is a collaborative event organised in turn by one of the three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris.
Each year the JMO National Day of Dance is held in a different location. The three organisations rotate the organisation of the event with a member side offering to plan and host the day.
The day of dance is a celebration of morris and traditional dancing. Groups from the three organisations, and performing many different types of traditional dance, will be present in one location for one day only. This is probably the biggest annual gathering of morris dancers in the world.
2017’s host side Leicester Morrismen were formed in 1953, and initially met just to learn the dances, with an occasional demonstration. They perform Cotwold Morris in the summer, and Border Morris in the winter months under the guise of ‘Red Leicester’.
Further details to follow…
The Joint Morris Organisations welcome the return of Dancing England as an opportunity to showcase the best of our broad range of traditional dance to the highest standard. We look forward to some of our member teams participating and wish you every success.
If you had £1,000 to spend supporting morris, sword and traditional dancing, what would you do?
In addition to the current Bursary scheme, we have earmarked the funds from selling our new CDs to be used for new projects that will help young dancers. We expect this to be about £1,000 so we need your ideas. It could be something that you want to organise or an idea that could be arranged locally or nationally such workshops, dance tutors, or kit for a school side. Whatever it is, we want to hear about it. Please contact any member of the committee to put your ideas forward.
Buy the CDs directly from The Morris Federation and £10 from each sale – that’s everything except postage costs – goes to this fund.
The JMO National Day of Dance is a collaborative event organised in turn by one of the three morris organisations in the UK – The Morris Federation, The Morris Ring, and Open Morris.
Each year the JMO National Day of Dance is held in a different location. The three organisations rotate the organisation of the event with a member side offering to plan and host the day.
The day of dance is a celebration of morris and traditional dancing. Groups from the three organisations, and performing many different types of traditional dance, will be present in one location for one day only. This is probably the biggest annual gathering of morris dancers in the world.
This year’s host side Minster Strays were formed in 2003 by two couples wishing to dance mixed morris. They dance Cotswold and border morris and have a wide repertoire of dances including many in the border style that they have made up themselves.
Details of the day are available from the JMO National Day of Dance website.