Hofesh Shechter thinks we are confused by modern dance. “People are misguided,” he says. “English audiences, in particular, expect to come in, understand it, and have a good conversation about it ...

Forty years ago a sharp-nosed, ascetic British antiquarian named Cecil Sharp noted that in certain remote parts of England, primitive villagers dressed themselves in strange costumes and skittered ...

A social media image purporting to be an opinion article in The Guardian newspaper, opens new tab, in which a British folk dance is labelled racist, is fake. The screenshot, which mimics the British ...

Derby Folk Festival is set to return to the city with an "expanded" programme this weekend. The event, now in its 19th year, will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This year's festival ...