Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes
Vol. 40 No. 1 (2013), Articles
Vol. 40 No. 1 (2013)

Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes

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Published 2013-10-25
Mats Melin
University of Limerick
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Melin, M. (2013). Step Dancing in Cape Breton and Scotland: Contrasting Contexts and Creative Processes. MUSICultures, 40(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21129
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Abstract

This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Island from the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century and the introduction of this dance genre to Scotland from Cape Breton in the 1990s. I reflect on the changes to the dance genre in Cape Breton and to the understanding of step dancing in Scotland, particularly on a visual and kinaesthetic level, as the reference points and the guiding support of a step dance community do not exist in Scotland as they do in Cape Breton.
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