One with the Music: Cape Breton Step Dan
- Publisher
- Cape Breton University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2015
- Category
- Ethnomusicology
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781772060287
- Publish Date
- Oct 2015
- List Price
- $27.95
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Description
Swedish-born traditional dancer and researcher Mats Melin has worked and performed extensively in the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland, in their schools and communities promoting Scottish traditional dance. He has also taught and performed in Sweden, Canada, USA, Russia and New Zealand. Mats has a vast knowledge of all aspects of the Scottish traditional dance scene, but specializes in Cape Breton step dancing.
About the author
Mats Melin has worked professionally with dance in Scotland since 1995 and in Ireland since 2005. His current position is Lecturer in Dance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. He co-founded the dynamic Scottish performance group Dannsa, in 1999. A former member of the Scottish Arts Council’s Dance Committee, Mats was awarded a PhD at the University of Limerick for his research on Cape Breton Step Dancing.
