{"product_id":"dances-of-the-netherlands-9781914311222","title":"Dances of The Netherlands","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. Van Der Ven-Ten Bensel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: David Leonard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: David Leonard\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dance - Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClogs and baggy trousers, wide checked skirts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand white caps - is not this our picture when\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe think of Dutch folk dances? But this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecostume belongs only to one dance and one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epart of the country; even there the women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare coming to prefer 'a pleated black skirt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich gives a slim and even elegant outline'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd who would suspect the sober Dutch of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuch a dance as the Cramignon, a chain dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat winds 'in and out of the houses and inns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the village' behind a brass band?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Elise van der Ven-ten Bensel devoted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher life to the study and preservation of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDutch folk dances. Together with her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehusband, another noted folklorist, she filmed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe traditional customs of the country and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorganised folk-dance schools. In this book, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter a lively and amusing essay on Dutch folk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife, the author describes four typical dances, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith their step-notation and music, and four\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echarming colour plates show the traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecostumes for each dance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46452171604119,"sku":"9781914311222","price":1290.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781914311222.webp?v=1769139801","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dances-of-the-netherlands-9781914311222","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}