Well, now we've moved on from political correctness to dance interpretation (reconstruction) I have some interest in the matter.
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:40:18 -0700, Alan Winston via Callers wrote: >�Basically, Cecil Sharp made up *and named* the Gypsy figure. Are you sure he didn't get it from the Morris dancers he collected the dances from? >�In Spanish Jeepsie - reconstructed at the link you have above- the >�figure isn't a gypsy, and it isn't called a gypsy. �It's a back to >�back. That's their interpretation, but I'm not sure it's correct. I've been working on a web page about this figure, and the discussion has inspired me to do more to it. See what you think. http://colinhume.com/degipsy.htm Colin Hume
