Robin Slater

 

English Dance

Caller

 

 

 

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Stunden

Robin Slater started attending weekly English country dance classes at the age of 16 and became a well known caller in Essex north-east of London during the following 14 years. Robin moved to Germany in 1980, and has been the dance caller for the Playford part of the weekly meetings of the Saltarello Renaissance Group in Heidelberg since 1995.

 

He has been attending LAG-Tanz-Baden-Würtemberg courses since 1994 and learns new dances in the Playford style each year at the courses organised by the Anglo American Dance shop (AADS) in Belgium and at the Southam Gathering in England. Robin not only teaches dances from Playford and other dancing masters from that time but also newer dances written over the years in the same style.

 

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English Dance

 

John Playford, from London, issued the book „The Dancing Master” describing dances done by the aristocracy in 1650.

It was reissued with additions and changes up to 1728. Several other publishers like Walsh, Thomson and others also issued books of English dances. The dance style also became popular with the general public and has remained active until today. The style spread to France and then back to England over the following 300 years and is danced today in England, USA, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. During this time the dance creation has also remained active and new dances, in the same style, are being created in England, USA, Australia, Holland and Belgium

 

Examples of  "English Country Dance" can be found at the following Youtube-Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_4W7ApcE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwZnFIk80E

Wikipedia-Link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_dance

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontratanz