Sources of Folk Dances new & old:

The following listed sites are known collections of dances. However, there are libraries & museums out there who have put their own collections of old & ancient documents on line, for all to see. Happy hunting!!

Cambridge Folk Dance Club Database

• Hugh Stewart's Dance Directory, listing Dances, Books & Recordings. The database is augmented by interested parties, like us, filling out the details of new & old material

Country Dances - Ancient and Modern - (Up a Double)

• George W. Williams database of lots of dances

• Calling cards, videos & information about the music, the individual dance & the movements

• Produced & licensed under a Creative Commons Attributions 4.0 License

Folk Sales in the UK

• Jenni & Darren Grainger's new website - the source of folk dance books & CDs worldwide

• Carrying on from where Derek & Ann Appleing left off - supporting the dance community once the EFDSS shop closed. (The EFDSS outlet is still open, but has only re-releases of the Community Manuals & the associated CDs.)

• Thanks to Colin Hume for supporting the website & database

• Thanks also to Barrie Bullimore, who has gifted his library to the Folk Sales - but now regrets it 'cause he's back calling - good for you Barrie!!

Country Dance & Song Society 

• This USA based website hosts collections of dances & research material from:

  • Charles Bolton

  • Ken Sheffield

  • Ted Sannella

Colin Hume's own website

• His website of his own dances, books & recordings; he also gives the music notation

• Notations of new dances that he particularly likes, from other choreographers from around the world

• Constructive thoughts about old dances, style and arrangements

Gary Roodman's website

• All his own dances and books explained

• Plus details of minor corrections

Nederlandse Volksdans Stichting

• Cor Hogendijk's dances from his book: English or Double Dutch Volume II

Pat Shaw's Legacy website

• The compilation of his dances

• Plus thoughts on old dances style & arrangements

Bay Area Country Dance Society - Odd Sundays Garage Band

• This is a collection of tunes provided free by the Odd Sundays Garage Band under the Attribution-ShareAlike license

• Sponsored in part by the Bay Area Country Dance Society

• The Society itself also sells a small collection of CDs

Sharon Green's website

• All her own dances

Anthony Heywood's database

• His database of over 20,000 country dances & associated music

• Newly supported online by Colin Hume

• [Some of it is a database of moves within a dance rather than of the dance notations themselves]

A Barn Dance Repertoire

• Thomas Green's database of circa 150 barn dances

• Calling cards & information about the music

• Again supported & commented by Colin Hume

• Sponsored by CDSS