More Clog Dancing: A Step-by-Step Guide to Traditional Durham and Northumberland Clog Dancing. Advanced Steps for the Experienced Dancer - Softcover

Walker, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190449921X ISBN 13: 9781904499213

Publisher: Roundtuit Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

A pair of step-by-step guides to the art of traditional Durham & Northumberland clog dancing. Clog Dancing (9781904499206) is for beginners and intermediate and More Clog Dancing (9781904499213) is for the advanced dancer. The first book has a massive 78 steps and a further 20 breaks, the second 63 steps and 15 breaks.Wire bound with heavy laminated cover to provide ease of use when dancing.
Demonstrating both pleasures of clog dancing and making the mastering of the steps simple, Brenda's continuing passion and expertise illuminates both volumes. With illustrations by Robert Olley and the comprehensive instruction, this book is an invaluable resource for those of you who wish to progress to an advanced level.

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Review

Brenda Walker has an unrivalled reputation in north-east England as the leading exponent of the style of clog dancing taught by generations of the Ellwood family on Tyneside, and there is no-one better qualified to produce a pair of manuals describing their steps. -- English Dance & Song Magazine English Dance & Song Magazine

Overall these are excellent publications which should find a place on the shelves of every clog dancer
-- English Dance & Song Magazine

About the Author

A few words about the author .... I was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1946 and commenced dancing at the age of 8 years. My earliest recollection of dance lessons was attending lessons for Scottish Country dancing with Major A.A. Bourne in Gateshead. As a teenager I was taught Highland dancing in Newcastle by Harry Picken and during my late teens I was taught Irish dancing at the Tyneside Irish Folk Dance Society in Gateshead. With this Folk Dance Society I had my first taste of an International Folk Dance Festival and was introduced to clog dancing when I danced a solo clog dance in Dusseldorf for a dancer who was unable to attend a Festival in 1966. It was very exciting and my interest for clog dancing started here. After having to leave the north-east for four years in 1970 I returned in 1974 with a family, my eldest daughter, Tiffany, and my son, Solomon. I heard there was a clog dancer living in Chester-le-Street and discovered Mary Jameson, Johnson Ellwood's daughter. For the next ten years Mary taught me clog steps she had been taught by her father during which time I opened a school for clog dancing in 1979 which was located in Durham. In 1983, as well as my second daughter, Bridie, arriving on the scene, I started tap dancing and eventually attended the Elsa Wilkins Dance Academy in Sunderland in 1986 after winning the Northern Counties Clog Championship Belt outright. Elsa Wilkins taught me tap dancing for 8 years and in 1994 I acquired a Fellowship in tap dancing with the International Dance Teachers' Association. After many happy years dancing in the dance studio, at the numerous International Folklore Festivals in countries which have included the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Germany and at venues all over the United Kingdom, it is a great pleasure for me to record steps of the north-eastern region which have been passed down over many years. This collection of advanced steps will hopefully inspire dancers to continue creating rhythms by putting wood to wood, learning the steps and keeping this art alive. Happy clogging!

Edition details

• Publisher: Roundtuit Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190449921X
• ISBN 13: 9781904499213
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Illustrator: Olley Robert
• Number of pages: 250