(via Mike Wilson-Jones) Our intangible heritage is at risk. That means us and what we stand for as morris dancers and people interested in our customs and heritage. This is vitally important to the future of culture and tradition in all of the UK. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46671 Please sign & spread the word – mightily If there…
We normally practice through the winter months, and our dance season usually starts off on our Day of Dance in May. We can be found on various tours of different parts of London on some summer nights, and we also go off on weekend tours of bits of the country that we like. This is our current dancing calendar.
Morris dancing is a great way to learn a new skill, get a bit of exercise, meet some interesting people, as well as learning about England’s culture and history. It also gets you out & about around London, and to far-flung villages & towns across the country that you wouldn’t normally think of visiting. Women…
Proudly carrying on the English tradition of Morris Dancing in the heart of London – Westminster Morris are a morris team, with a history going back to 1952 (although morris dancing itself is much, much older than that). We perform dances from a number of the Cotswold village traditions, including Longborough, Fieldtown, Headington Quarry, Sherborne,…
Scan of article in The Times by Debra Craine, featuring a picture of our Colin III. (It’s behind a paywall)
ITN Productions were onsite at the Westminster Day of Dance in 2010 to capture a few moments:
There was much interest in morris dancing to accompany the release of UK comedy film “Morris: A Life With Bells On”. To accompany its Leicester Square premiere, we were visited at practice by Chaz Oldham and Lucy Akers for London Tonight (ITV).
Blogger, author & expat Mitzi Szereto met us on our Baker Street Tour, and filmed this documentary piece – in which, among other things, she uncovers just how many IT workers do morris dancing.
In the leadup to our 2009 Day of Dance, one of our men (Jason B. Standing) was interviewed by London-centric news website, Londonist. http://londonist.com/2009/04/interview_a_westminster_morris_man.php
Following the press release by The Morris Ring that morris was in danger of becoming extinct, our foreman David Seaborne was invited in to The Guardian office to talk to them a little about morris dancing: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jan/07/morris-dancing-folk And also give a little demonstration of some of the moves: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/gallery/2009/jan/07/how-to-morris-dance