Step dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: contrasting contexts and creative processes

peer-reviewed Abstract: 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...

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Main Author: Melin, Mats H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Traditional Music 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10344/6341
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spelling ftunivlimerick:oai:ulir.ul.ie:10344/6341 2023-05-15T15:46:46+02:00 Step dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: contrasting contexts and creative processes Melin, Mats H. 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10344/6341 eng eng Canadian Society for Traditional Music MUSICultures;40 (1), pp. 35-56 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21129/24389 Melin, Mats. (2013). Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes. MUSICultures. Special Issue: Atlantic Roots and Routes, eds. Heather Sparling, Kati Szego, and Frances Wilkinson, 40(1), 35-56. http://hdl.handle.net/10344/6341 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess step dancing Cape Breton Scotland contexts creative process info:eu-repo/semantics/article all_ul_research ul_published_reviewed 2013 ftunivlimerick 2022-05-23T15:13:53Z peer-reviewed Abstract: 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 understanding of step dancing in Scotland, particularly on a visual and kinaesthetic level, as the reference points and the guiding support of a step dance community do not exist in Scotland as they do in Cape Breton. Résumé : Cet article décrit brièvement la migration de la danse à claquettes faisant percussion depuis les Highlands d’Écosse à l’Île du Cap-Breton au 19e siècle, puis le retour de ce genre de danse en Écosse depuis le Cap-Breton dans les années 1990. Je réfléchis aux changements qu’a connus cette danse au Cap-Breton et à la manière dont on conçoit la danse à claquettes en Écosse, plus particulièrement aux niveaux visuel et kinesthésique, car il n’existe pas en Écosse, contrairement à l’Île du Cap-Breton, de points de référence et de lignes directrices pouvant soutenir une communauté de danse à claquettes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Breton Island University of Limerick: Institutional Repository (ULIR) Breton Island ENVELOPE(141.383,141.383,-66.800,-66.800) Retour ENVELOPE(141.558,141.558,-66.764,-66.764)
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Step dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: contrasting contexts and creative processes
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description peer-reviewed Abstract: 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 understanding of step dancing in Scotland, particularly on a visual and kinaesthetic level, as the reference points and the guiding support of a step dance community do not exist in Scotland as they do in Cape Breton. Résumé : Cet article décrit brièvement la migration de la danse à claquettes faisant percussion depuis les Highlands d’Écosse à l’Île du Cap-Breton au 19e siècle, puis le retour de ce genre de danse en Écosse depuis le Cap-Breton dans les années 1990. Je réfléchis aux changements qu’a connus cette danse au Cap-Breton et à la manière dont on conçoit la danse à claquettes en Écosse, plus particulièrement aux niveaux visuel et kinesthésique, car il n’existe pas en Écosse, contrairement à l’Île du Cap-Breton, de points de référence et de lignes directrices pouvant soutenir une communauté de danse à claquettes.
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op_relation MUSICultures;40 (1), pp. 35-56
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21129/24389
Melin, Mats. (2013). Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes. MUSICultures. Special Issue: Atlantic Roots and Routes, eds. Heather Sparling, Kati Szego, and Frances Wilkinson, 40(1), 35-56.
http://hdl.handle.net/10344/6341
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