The Complete Folkdance Notebook

About the Book

The Folkdance Notebook is a report of Byrom’s field research, and describes some beautiful dances used as the nucleus of social gatherings in California. The scores here are both historical records of the dances, and useable as readers for students of dance or of Labanotation.

About the Author

Frank Byrom, a character dancer, performing at the NYC Coliseum, shown on the left in a Polish costume for the dance, Ganz vodo. Shortly after this performance, he moved to Berkeley, California, the mecca for folkdancers. After years of study with teachers like Anatas Kolorovski (Slavic dance), and Karoli Zdenyi (Ballet), he began creating a literature of dance in Labanotation. This anthology of folkdances brings together in one volume several smaller anthologies publishes while he studies recreational folkdances. The Folkdance Notebook is a report of his field research, and describes some beautiful dances used as the nucleus of social gatherings in California. The scores here are both historical records of the dances, and useable as readers for students of dance or of Labanotation.