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Looking at folk
- Title
- Looking at folk [videorecording] / produced by Missing-Link-Video for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing National Dance Faculty.
- Publication
- U.K. : Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, 1995.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Compilation of video excerpts of folk dances from various countries, recorded at various locations and dates. Preceded by an introduction in which British children are shown practicing folk dances in the classroom. The countries represented (in order of appearance) are England (including morris dances and dances from the Isle of Man), Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Spain (including dances from the Canary Islands and the Basque region), Portugal (including dances from Madeira), Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Rumania, Byelorus [Belarus], Moldavia [Moldova], Estonia, Armenia, and Georgia. An excerpt from a speech by actress Audrey Hepburn appears at the beginning of the video, which closes with more footage of Hepburn visiting children around the world.
- Subjects
- Folk dancing > Armenia (Republic)
- Folk dancing > Romania
- Folk dancing > Greece
- Folk dancing > England
- Folk dancing > Georgia (Republic)
- Folk dancing > Moldova
- Folk dancing > Portugal > Madeira Islands
- Folk dancing, Basque
- Compilations
- Folk dancing > Poland
- Folk dancing > Slovakia
- Folk dancing > Isle of Man
- Folk dancing > Turkey
- Folk dancing > Bulgaria
- Video
- Dance > Canary Islands
- Folk dancing > Estonia
- Folk dancing > Spain
- Morris dances
- Folk dancing > Albania
- Folk dancing > Belarus
- Folk dancing > Hungary
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Compilations.
- Video.
- Note
- Produced in aid of UNICEF, The Audrey Hepburn Memorial Fund.
- Performer (note)
- Narrator: Robert Harrold.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2705
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F1123
- Title
- Looking at folk [videorecording] / produced by Missing-Link-Video for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing National Dance Faculty.
- Imprint
- U.K. : Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, 1995.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.K.
- Performer
- Narrator: Robert Harrold.
- Local Subject
- Morris dances.
- Added Author
- Harrold, Robert. NarratorHepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993. SpeakerImperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. National Dance Branch.DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2705