Set Dance
From IrishDanceWiki
Set dances, sometimes called "country sets", are a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland. Set dances are based on quadrilles. The latter were court dances which were transformed by the Irish into a unique characteristic of Irish rural communities. A combination of Céilí dance and Rock and Roll in the 1950s caused many sets and set dances to die out. In the 1980s a revival started and many sets that have not been done for forty years or more are still being recovered and danced again.
Links
- The Joy of Sets by Pat Murphy
- Irish set dance from a contra dancer's perspective by Henry Morgenstein
- A Brief History of Irish Set Dance by Maldon Meehan
