North West clog dance

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North West clog dance is a traditional English folk dance style from the industrial northwest of England, characterized by rhythmic stepping in wooden-soled clogs often performed in processions and team formations.

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North West Morris tradition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English folk dance style
folk dance
aimsTo maintain regional industrial heritage
associatedWith Cheshire NERFINISHED
Greater Manchester NERFINISHED
Lancashire NERFINISHED
Merseyside NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
culturalOrigin English
developedInContextOf cotton industry communities
factory and mill culture
industrial mill towns
hasCharacteristic figures performed in sets
often accompanied by live music
percussive sound from clogs
processional performance
rhythmic stepping
strongly accented footwork
team formations
hasFormationType processional dance
set dance
team dance
hasHistoricalPeriodOfDevelopment 19th century
hasMovementType heel and toe patterns
shuffles
stamping
stepping
hasMusic brass band music
concertina music
traditional English dance tunes
hasPerformanceAspect synchronised team stepping
visually striking costumes
hasRegionOfOrigin industrial northwest of England
locatedInArea North West England NERFINISHED
preservedBy English folk dance organisations NERFINISHED
folk dance teams
relatedTo English clog dancing
Morris dance NERFINISHED
step dance
typicalNumberOfDancers team of 6 to 16 dancers
typicalPerformanceContext Whit walks
carnival parades
folk festivals
street processions
usesFootwear wooden-soled clogs
usesProp banners (in some teams)
decorated clogs
garlands (in some teams)

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Bacup Coconutters hasStyle North West clog dance
Saddleworth Rushcart relatedTo North West clog dance
this entity surface form: North West Morris tradition