Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes

This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Island from the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century and the introduction of this dance genre to Scotland from Cape Breton in the 1990s. I reflect on the changes to the dance genre in Cape Breton and to the under...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melin, Mats
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Canadian Society for Traditional Music / La Société canadienne pour les traditions musicales 2013
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21129