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The best of Folkmoot USA

Title: The best of Folkmoot USA [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International ; produced and directed by Bill Barnes ; executive producer, John Alexander.
Publication: U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1986.

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Description

1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Series Statement

Folkmoot USA.

Subject

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Stompin' Ground, Maggie Valley, North Carolina, as part of the annual Folkmoot USA, the North Carolina International Folk Festival, in the summers of 1984, 1985, and 1986.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2597

OCLC

NYPY97-F312

Title

The best of Folkmoot USA [videorecording] / Folk Dance Videos International ; produced and directed by Bill Barnes ; executive producer, John Alexander.

Imprint

U.S. : Folk Dance Videos International, c1986.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Folkmoot USA.

Performer

Performers in order of appearance: Gruppo Folkloristico Zig-Zaghini, Galdo, Italy -- Ribe Amts Gymnastik Ungdomsforening (RAGU), Denmark -- Rang Bahar, Ahmedabad, India -- Folkloric Guateque Ballet, Puerto Rico -- Las Muesas, Puerto Rico -- Feldwies [misspelled Feldweis on frame] Dance Group, Feldwies, Germany -- DeBeekscheepers, Scheessel, Germany -- Montréal Society of Chinese Performing Arts -- Monkseaton Morrismen, Newcastle, England -- Clann Na Gael, Newcastle, England -- Les Enfants du Morvan, Dijon, France -- Ballet Folklórico de Colima, Colima, Mexico -- Kilic-Kalkan Ve Folker Dernege, Bursa, Turkey -- Bartusza Obrochty, Zakopane, Poland -- Goizaldi, San Sebastian, Spain -- Lous Cigalouns de Mourseuns, Morceux, France -- Promni, Warsaw, Poland.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Stompin' Ground, Maggie Valley, North Carolina, as part of the annual Folkmoot USA, the North Carolina International Folk Festival, in the summers of 1984, 1985, and 1986.

Summary

Compilation of performance excerpts from the first, second, and third annual Folkmoot USA festivals of folk dancing and music. The program also includes a montage of candid footage, depicting leisuretime activities, sightseeing, a parade, and late night parties hosted by different groups participating in the festival. At the end of the tape, the performers join in a circle dance.

Local Subject

Stick dances.

Courting dances.

Ribbon dances.

Weapon dances.

Irish step dancing.

Pole dances.

Hoop dances.

Stilt dances.

Added Author

Alexander, John, producer.

Barnes, Bill. Producer. Director

Gruppo Folkloristico Zig-Zaghini.

Ribe Amts Gymnastik Ungdomsforening.

Rang Bahar Academy Dancers.

Folkloric Guateque Ballet (Dance company)

Compañía Folklórica Las Muesas de Cayey.

Feldwies Dance Group.

De Beekscheepers (Dance company)

Montréal Society of Chinese Performing Arts.

Monkseaton Morris Men.

Clann Na Gael (Dance company)

Enfants du Morvan (Dance company)

Ballet Folklórico de Colima.

Kilic-Kalkan Ve Folker Dernege (Dance company)

Bartusza Obrochty (Dance company)

Goizaldi (Dance group)

Cigalouns de Mourseuns (Dance company)

Promni (Dance company)

Folk Dance Videos International (Firm)

Folkmoot USA (Festival)

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2597

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