Dance
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Somali Warriors, Preparing for a Dance, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a group of Somali warriors preparing for a dance wearing long robes and turbans and carrying long spears in the early 20th century.
Song beginning 'Se t eilbh san t eilbh', 1901
Song beginning 'Se t eilbh san t eilbh, S e t eilbh bu docha leinn' [The Kilt Is My Delight]. The song is composed of twleve lines, but as it is port-a-beul, the second and third lines of each verse are repetitions of the first and given as ditto marks. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story entitled 'Damhsa Sith' about a fairy dance, 1891
Story entitled 'Damhsa Sith' [Dannsa Sith - Fairy Dance] about a man who spots a dance going on inside a fairy hill and goes in to join them. He dances for a year with a cask on his back when he is spotted by a neighbour passing by, who goes in to tell him he has been there a year but the man thinks he has only been there a short time.
Students dancing in Pittencrief Park, Dunfermline, c.1913
Photographic print mounted in presentation folder.
The Crocodile Dance of the Bhutia Women, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a group of Bhuija women performing the crocodile dance in a wooded area next to a marquee in the background in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The Elephant Dance, Bhunjas, Native Dance, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the Bhunja people performing the Elephant dance in the late 19th or early 20th century in Nagpur, India.
Three dancers in black leotards, April 1971
Photograph mounted on card.
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1865-1886
Unknown, 20th century
Comprises an array of material relating to student life at Dunfermline College of Physical Education, including photographs, artefacts and items of College uniform as well as documents including examination papers.