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The Pastime Dancers
"Yes it's only Playford, but we like it !"
Turngemeinde Landshut
Sandnerstraße 7
84034
Landshut Germany
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Sandnerstraße 7
84034
Landshut Germany
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What exactly do you mean by
What exactly do you mean by 'only Playford' ?
Dear Paul,
Dear Paul,
thanks for your question.
The motto has two meanings. First, it refers to the old 68 Slogan "it's only rock n' roll, but we like it", because I believe that these Country Dances were indeed the "rock n' roll of 1600". Second, it should be a funny 'provocation' to those Renaissance dance people who are convinced that only Arbeau or Negri (who I like very much) is the kingsroad to historical Dance and not those "Shuffle" Dances like 'Rufty Tufty' or 'black nag'. My experiences by introducing and delighting people into historical or renaissance dance is to seduce them with these tiny and nice dances like 'upon a 'summers' day', or a funny longway like "row well ye mariners", and not an 'alta mendoza' or 'voltati in ca' rosina'. We try to find a bigger audience by pulling this beautiful dance culture of the very past into daily life with so called 'simple dances'. By the way, they are complicated enough, like a good rock n' roll music has to be.
So, thank you for your attention, and have a good time
Your faithful servant
Esquire
Dear Esquire,
Dear Esquire,
Thank you for your reply. I understand the saying 'It's only rock and roll, but I like it' is perhaps best-know for being The Rolling Stones hit tune of 1974. That is interesting, because 1974 was the year that I first began to dance 'Playford' dances.
The reason I asked why your advertising statement says 'only Playford' is my concern, and the impression I got, that you are in some way apologising for the quality of 'Playford' dances in general.
However, from your reply it seems that your Playford reference is mainly to some relatively easy dances in the 1651 edition, rather than to the many 'Playford' editions which followed into the eighteenth century and include a large number of more complicated and high-quality social dances,
I don't know what you mean by 'Shuffle dances', but I certainly know what is meant by 'Shuffle dancers'. There is no doubt that some Playford dances, throughout the whole number of editions, are better designed than others, but the quality of the dancers often makes a relatively simple dance look good in presentation - and more enjoyable too!
I hope you continue to teach 'Playford' dances, and wish you much success with your classes.
Best wishes,
Paul
Dear Paul,
Dear Paul,
thank you for your wishes. Indeed, I will not apologise Playford Dances, I agree with you that the most important part in dance is passion, love and presentation even of so called easy movements. At the moment, the discussion is going in that way: Playford Dances are "just Shuffle Dances" and my answer is always: "Yes you can 'shuffle' a Country Dance, but they are lovellier if you dance them in a good manner and show the people that you have a lot of fun with your partners. That simple truth is a big challenge for every beginner.
Best wishes for you too and much success in any of your activities.
Esquire