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

• Main Author: Melin, Mats H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Society for Traditional Music 2013
• Subjects: step dancing; Cape Breton; Scotland; contexts; creative process; Breton Island; Retour
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10344/6341

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...