This is fantastic. Do you mind answering a few questions for me? When did this become a local tradition? Is this performed to live music? And if so is there then a local tradition of this music being played in the community? And from whom was the music tradition inherited? It looks like this is being performed in a hockey arena. I imagine that the floor is concrete, and brutal on the knees and calves of the dancers. I take it that they practice on wood floors in studios, no? Thanks for your help with answers to these questions. I'm a square dancer and caller from New York City, who learned the dances in New Hampshire, Maine and North Carolina. Again, I love the talent and energy of the dancers! Yours, Dave
First Nations weren't allowed to dance in Canada in the earlier years. So the Metis and First Nations came up with a dance they called the jig, so when they did get together and dance their upper body wouldn't move just the feet in case a Police should walk by and think they were just standing around. Played with fiddles, some times an accordion. So the created these steps. Each step is taken from Scottish, French,Irish and First Nations ancestors. Also created their own style of Square Dancing using all these steps.
@@cndngranma8436 Thank you so much for the explanation. I am only seeing it now. Is there a name you give to this particular step dance style? With Indigenous Peoples' Day around the corner, I want to acknowledge that here's an example of native peoples taking a European tradition and adding value to it. I wish my European ancestors could say they did the same with your traditions.
the origin of this type of dancing goes back perhaps 200 years to the “red river jig” of the métis and FN of present day manitoba and saskatchewan. see wiki en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Jig
Always love it when stuff like this shows up in my newsfeed.. We may be broken, we may be lost, but we have each other. #NativePride
I love it. Fantastic, great.
Great job...great steps!!
This is fantastic. Do you mind answering a few questions for me?
When did this become a local tradition?
Is this performed to live music? And if so is there then a local tradition of this music being played in the community? And from whom was the music tradition inherited?
It looks like this is being performed in a hockey arena. I imagine that the floor is concrete, and brutal on the knees and calves of the dancers. I take it that they practice on wood floors in studios, no?
Thanks for your help with answers to these questions. I'm a square dancer and caller from New York City, who learned the dances in New Hampshire, Maine and North Carolina.
Again, I love the talent and energy of the dancers!
Yours,
Dave
David Harvey ' h
First Nations weren't allowed to dance in Canada in the earlier years. So the Metis and First Nations came up with a dance they called the jig, so when they did get together and dance their upper body wouldn't move just the feet in case a Police should walk by and think they were just standing around. Played with fiddles, some times an accordion. So the created these steps. Each step is taken from Scottish, French,Irish and First Nations ancestors. Also created their own style of Square Dancing using all these steps.
@@cndngranma8436 Thank you so much for the explanation. I am only seeing it now. Is there a name you give to this particular step dance style?
With Indigenous Peoples' Day around the corner, I want to acknowledge that here's an example of native peoples taking a European tradition and adding value to it. I wish my European ancestors could say they did the same with your traditions.
the origin of this type of dancing goes back perhaps 200 years to the “red river jig” of the métis and FN of present day manitoba and saskatchewan. see wiki en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Jig
Do I see a set of twins?
Good Jigging :)
very very happy to see this! who knew “indian legs” could go so fast? LOL.
*Native Legs*