History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

'The Rhythmic or Throbbing Crowd' (Canetti)

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From the chapter on Rhythm in Elias Canetti's Masse und Macht (1960), translated as ' Crowds and Power' : 'Rhythm is ori...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Peace Dance, War and the Noble Savage

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War dances are well-known, but what of peace dances? The above photo, taken in 1905, show a peace dance in the Andaman islands . An account...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Battle of the Beanfield

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There was a very interesting Time Team TV programme last night summarising the latest research on Stonehenge, specifically the Stonehenge Ri...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Stonehenge

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Big solstice celebration at Stonehenge this morning : 'An estimated 20,000 people gathered at the stone circle in Wiltshire, in southwes...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Stone Age Dancefloors?

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Last week I visited Nine Ladies Stone Circle on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire (pictured). This is one of many such sites in England to which i...
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