

An edition of Toss the feathers (1995)
Irish set dancing
By Pat Murphy
Publish Date
1995
Publisher
Mercier Press
Language
eng
Pages
207
Description:
Toss the Feathers provides a comprehensive approach to set dancing. It contains sixty-four complete set dances, including all those danced commonly in classes, summer schools and at feiseanna. These are laid out in conventional set terminology and can be easily followed by teachers, pupils and anyone who has an acquaintance with the art of set dancing. The book also contains the first concise history of the development of set dancing in Ireland from its eighteenth-century European origins.
subjects: Country-dance, Quadrille (Dance), Country dancing
Places: Ireland