Exploring the percussive routes and shared commonalities in Cape Breton step dancing

• Main Author: Melin, Mats H.
• Other Authors: Foley, Catherine E.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Limerick 2012
• Subjects: Cape Breton step dancing; dance movements; dance tradition; Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10344/2489

peer-reviewed Cape Breton step dancing is the regional label, given to the vernacular form of percussive step dance found in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Whether improvised or choreographed into a routine, this dance genre has, alongside the local fiddle tradition become emblematic for t...