Country Corners

Duration: 27 min.

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Phoenix

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the history of the contra dance, a unique social ritual and group activity that has deep personal meaning for individuals and families. Shows two sides of contra dancing: the traditional and the less orthodox form., Traces the history of the contra dance emphasizing its fuction as a social ritual. Shows the traditional form of the dance as performed by the Ed Larkin dancers of East Bethel, Vermont and the less orthodox versions performed by contemporary dancers.

Complete Record: , Traces the history of the contra dance emphasizing its fuction as a social ritual. Shows the traditional form of the dance as performed by the Ed Larkin dancers of East Bethel, Vermont and the less orthodox versions performed by contemporary dancers. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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New York Public Library, Visual Studies Workshop

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