Professor, musician and flatfoot dancer has journeyed into the past to tell the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia.
His new book (University of Illinois Press/2015) argues that these dances are not only the work of early British settlers alone; they are hybrids that developed over time by adopting and incorporating elements from Europeans, African Americans, and Native Americans.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Warren Wilson鈥檚 Appalachian Music Program coordinator Phil Jamison about the history of Southern Appalachian Dance. Jamison will read and perform a demonstration at Asheville鈥檚 Malaprop鈥檚 Bookstore on
Watch Jamison calling a Texas Star square dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqS1bOOLVc
