Dances published in EDS, 1921–1989

Longtime dancer and dance teacher John Sweeney has devoted countless hours to producing a comprehensive online resource of all the dances which were printed in English Dance and Song magazine over past decades. Over 200 dances are featured, many of them accompanied by tunes and further comments. Further pages provide historical context and related articles. We offer huge thanks to John for doing such a valuable public service.

As John writes: ‘The dances were submitted to the magazine so as to reach as wide an audience as possible, and publishing them here will help to further that aim’.

Browse the directory of dances on John’s Contrafusion site

We are preparing an addition to our popular Resource Bank so we can introduce still further dancers to these historical materials.