Strip The Willow
Strip the Willow by Sofia,Sierra,Gillian and Katie Fun Facts The dance Strip the Willow is a country and/or barn dance that originated from Scotland and is also used as a sword dance. The Strip the Willow has different ways of performance depending if it's combined with other dance or just performed by its self. The dance was founded in the late 18Th early 19Th centuries when the Highland Clearances when the resident Scots were pushed off their land and were forbidden to do anything traditionally such as wear tartans or kilts, play the bagpipes, or dance traditional dances. Pictures What do Men and Women Wear?
Men often wear traditional Scottish and Celtic clothing. Both men and women wear shoes with balls of cotton on the toes. Women wear dresses with laced corsets. F1 2008 Crack Letoltes.
Back when the Strip the Willow was created (which was the 18/19th centuries), the people of Scotland were not permitted to wear traditional clothing such as kilts or tartans and were not allowed to play their traditional music using bagpipes. Instead, the dance was often performed with just clapping or, for more formal occasions, a group of fiddles. Thanks for watching And we will be showing our video that we choreographed using many different videos of our dance as well as related Scottish Dances Elements of Dance This dance involves groupings of both females and males. Directions are used commonly as signs and twirls time with the music.
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Strip the willow is a country or barn dance. It has variations depending upon whether it is being performed as a movement in a larger dance or a complete dance in itself. The form described here is that commonly used as part of a Scottish country dance. Print now Strip the Willow (COMPLETE) sheet music for string orchestra by Anonymous (Strip the Willow, complete set of parts). High Quality.
Spectators typically clap or stop their feet to the time. Typically negitive space between dancers as they dance close together in pairs. Feet are used in a 'step and a hop' twice in the spot.
Men on the right, women of the left. There are both fast and slow movements as well as varied levels of height and intensity.
Origin and History They named the dance Strip The Willow because the female dancer would 'strip' down the line of men to get to the front of the stage The music is sometimes called the Irish Washerwoman, the Curlew, or the Jig of Slurs and can also be called Drops of Brandy.
Strip the Willow is the final dance of the evening and by far the most popular dance to be requested at ceilidhs, parties and weddings. A fast and furious jig, to get you “birrlin” and turning your partner, this dance was performed originally in sets of four couples in 9/8 time. It is now more commonly danced in 6/8 time and can involve one giant set stretching the full length of the hall. Not for the faint hearted! Part of The Commonwealth Ceilidh programme () produced by The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society () and Get Scotland Dancing ().