Name/TitleBooklet: National Character Dances
About this objectSlim paperback booklet with green cover titled 'National Character Dances'. Dances by Muriel Webster and Music by Dorothy Humle. Priced 1/6. The contents are:
1. French Farandole. For as many as will.
2. Tyrolean Yodelling Dance. For a greater number of girls than boys.
3. Polish Polka. In threes round the room.
4. Dutch Dance. For eight.
5. Sicilian Tarantella. In sets of two couples round the room.
6. Portuguese Group Dance. For two groups of not more than ten in each.
Fully scanned (17 pages)
MakerCentral Council of Recreative Physical Training
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1950-60s
Period1950s-1960s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesCentral Council of Recreative Physical Training, 58 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 247 x W: 183 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsfitness, exercise
Subject and Association Keywordsdance & movement
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond World War
Subject and Association DescriptionDonated as part of a collection of documents relating to the Scottish/Glasgow Women's Keep Fit Association belonging to Rhoda Goldsmith (1924 - 2013), who was a member from her youth until 2012.
https://keepfit.org.uk/about-us:
The Keep Fit Association is a long-established body from 1956 and is dedicated to the provision of safe and effective exercise, movement and dance. KFA exercise is based on Rudolf Laban’s principles providing an holistic workout with functional fitness through creative choreography. Rudolf Laban’s ultimate aim was that movement was for all and that dance should give joy to people through moving together; an aim that the Keep Fit Association both embrace and promote in all that they do. In the early 1960s, the Keep Fit Association declared its training policy and has been offering classes for recreation, based on Laban’s analysis of movement, ever since. Movement and dance ideas developed through the use of Laban’s analysis are limitless. It does not presuppose one style of movement and cannot be totally encompassed by one person. By considering the body as an instrument, using pathways, rhythms, and creating relationships, we offer ourselves the opportunity to become a whole person and our teachers offer that opportunity to their class members. Rudolf Laban’s study of movement, to which he devoted his whole life, is essentially concerned with a person in relation to the world and the people around them.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2024-16-12
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved