Morris dancing is exciting, energetic and fun! This resource is about helping young dancers and schools to experience this dynamic traditional art form.
Morris Hey! provides an introduction to morris dancing for young people.
It contains instructions for six morris dances – three from the Cotswold tradition, and one each from the North West, Border, and Molly dancing traditions, along with suggestions for creating your own dances. Written and diagrammatic instructions are complemented by step-by-step instructional videos featuring young morris dancers, and audio files of the music.
It’s all packaged up neatly (everything you’d ever need, bar the hankies), ideally suited to beginners or teachers who might want to bring this traditional art form into the classroom – Tradfolk
The resource (films, audio and website content) can be used and shared free of charge for non-commercial educational use.
Morris Hey! was written by Mike Ruff and the Morris Hey Set, and filmed by Max Thomas featuring the dancing of Fool’s Gambit and music of Ollie King.
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About the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s Resource Bank
The Resource Bank collects together hundreds of practical materials for use in formal and informal teaching and learning contexts, in schools and also in community settings. All of the materials are free and downloadable. They make imaginative use of folk song, music, dance, drama and other arts.
The resources have developed out of innovative projects and initiatives run by the English Dance and Song Society Education team over the past decade or so. You can find resources suitable for your subject or setting by filtering by Topic, Key Stage and/or Audience.
The Resource Bank was developed through The Full English project with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
