BERKELEY MORRIS

Berkeley Morris was founded in 1977 by Brad Foster and others interested in bringing morris dancing to the Bay Area. While Berkeley Morris performs dances from a number of different morris styles, the predominant styles of Berkeley's repertoire originate from or are modeled after those from the Cotswold district of England, specifically the traditions of Fieldtown (from the village of Leafield) and Bledington. Cotswold dances use sticks or handkerchiefs, are often danced in sets of six dancers, and consist of a set of common figures punctuated by choruses unique to each dance. Traditional Bledington dances are overwhelmingly hankie-based, but Berkeley loves its sticks, and has found or developed a number of Bledington stick dances to complement the flying hanks. The music is based on traditional English country dance tunes... Berkeley Morris is committed to inclusiveness and welcomes people of all genders, orientations, and ethnicities... Berkeley Morris is a Morris dance team in..