Sellingerís Round
Associations---England Lively Cycles Fun Beltane
Tapes Found On---Green Tapes Golden Hits 90
Origin---England
Choreographer---traditional
Notes
The true original steps are first found in written form from Playford
(1670), variation on music given in Playford by William Byrd (1609).
But the dance may well go back much farther into time,
being ever a Maypole dance, celebrating the end of dark winter
and the coming of life again into the heart and the community.
Danced with gusto.
In the dances from the area from which this dance originates ,
the chest is out slightly, the butt out slightly, and the arms are hung
loosely. A lilt of the head. In the chorus, when stepping backwards, turn
out the free foot.
The second verse is generally called "the beer hall run" and involves
dashing
into the center and yelling. One common variation involves having
the women double backwards during the chorus, so that they are going out
while the men go in.
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