02281cgm a22003973i 4500 22860512 20250607115900.9 cr ||a|||||||| 220930s2016 dcu||| | fo vleng 22860512 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg 2021690013 7280 DLC eng DLC The Playford Assembly: 100 Years of Country Dance & Song. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-01-30. 1 online resource two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Classification: Music and Books on Music. Graham Christian, Country Dance & Song Society. Recorded on 2016-01-30. Dance historian Graham Christian discussed his new book, "The Playford Assembly," a major new collection of historic English dances published by the Country Dance and Song Society in celebration of its centennial year. Christian's talk will be enhanced by demonstrations of the dances by CDSS dancers and musicians. "The Playford Assembly" (a follow-up to the seminal 1990 collection "The Playford Ball," also published by CDSS) features 125 historical dances edited for use by contemporary dancers and dance leaders. Reflecting recent scholarship, it revives many of the older dances based on the advice of a committee convened by the author. He will discuss his selection process and the history of English country dance in England and the United States, as well as cultural aspects of the era in which the dances were created. Researchers. Visitors. Culture, Performing Arts. Graham Christian, Playford Assembly, Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series, Country Dance and Song Society, CDSS, 100th Anniversary. Library of Congress. American Folklife Center, sponsoring body. Event video gdcwebcasts 160130afc1300 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.160130afc1300 gdc/webcasts afc botkin_folklife_lecture s-Online Electronic Resource