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Author Archives: Jeremy Carter-Gordon
Mystery Photos of Fenestrelle Sword Dancers
Dear Readers, I write to you today with a mystery. Specifically I have two mystery photos that I would appreciate any help in identifying. I spent the beginning of July in London doing lots of social dancing (ahh, how I … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Sword Dance
Tagged archive, identification, italy, library, photos, research, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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From Papa Stor to Grenoside: A Gathering of Britain’s Traditional Sword Dance Groups
After spending a few extra days in Padstow after the May Day celebrations, I took the train to London (playing banjo and trading songs with a fellow on the train), where I stayed in a rather unfortunate hostel. Luckily, I … Continue reading
Posted in England, Sword Dance
Tagged adventure, basque, beauty, beer, children, dance, dancing, drink, england, festival, folk, friends, fun, incredible, music, photo, photography, rapper dance, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, trad, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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Oss Oss! Wee Oss! May Day in Padstow
As I have fallen behind again, it is time for that lovely invention: The Slideshow Post! This one was not on sword dancing, but I have always dreamed of going to Padstow for May Day, and I had a few … Continue reading
Posted in England
Tagged adventure, beauty, calendar, carnival, children, cider, cornish, cornwall, dance, dancing, drink, england, explore, festival, folk, food, friends, fun, horse, incredible, may day, may pole, oss, padstow, photo, photography, tourist, trad, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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International Sword Spectacular In Germany
After a brief jaunt through Croatia and Bosnia I returned back to Germany to the town of Balingen, just south of Stuttgart, for an International Sword Dance Festival. Unfortunately, due to a dearth of information, I had not much of an … Continue reading
Posted in Basque Country, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Sword Dance
Tagged austria, banjo, basque, basque country, beauty, beer, children, croatia., dance, dancing, drink, festival, folk, food, friends, fun, germany, incredible, italy, music, photo, photography, rapper dance, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, teaching, trad, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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In the News: Georgrit 2012 in Traunstein
This is a video made by the TV station from the town of Traunstein with some footage of the dance and even a brief interview with the resident American (yours truly!) If you don’t speak German you might want to … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, In the News, Sword Dance
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Sword Dance in Traunstein: 16 Dancers and 397 Horses
I rehearsed with the Traunstein Schwerttanz group every Friday evening for the month of March. We would meet and run through the dance once or twice before talking it over and then going out to the local pub to get pretzels, beer … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Sword Dance
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Jewish Holocaust Victims Buried Under Crosses
In the final days of WWII, SS officers massacred 61 Jewish prisoners near the Bavarian town of Surberg. Today, a twenty-foot tall cross towers over their memorial, and their graves are marked by small wooden crosses. While a more Jewish … Continue reading
In the News: A Cowboy in the Sword Dance
My first front page article! Moving up in the world! This has never occurred before in the long history of Traunstein sword dance: The appearance of the 16th Sword Dancer of the Gymnastics Club in the Georgirit festival of Traunstein on … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, In the News, Sword Dance
Tagged adventure, bavaria, dance, dancing, drink, easter, festival, folk, friends, fun, german, germany, music, photo, photography, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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In the News: Sword Dance: A Yank Swings His Sword
U.S. Researcher as a Guest Dancer Sword Dance: A Yank Swings his Sword The sword dance is a unique spectacle in Traunstein, whose origins date back to the 16th century. This year is the first time a guest dancer (from the … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, In the News, Sword Dance
Tagged adventure, bavaria, dance, dancing, easter, fun, germany, music, News, photo, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson
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In The News: US Researcher Doing the Sword Dance in Traunstein
For the first time in the history of the dance we have a guest dancer in our midst. Jeremy Carter-Gordon studied Ethnochoreology at Bard Collage, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. As part of a one-year fellowship he is one of the first people to explore the … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, In the News, Sword Dance
Tagged dance, dancing, festival, folk, germany, music, photo, photography, sword, sword dance, sword dancing, tradition, traditional, travel, watson, watson fellowship
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Chasing the Star of Swords: Sword Dancing on a Watson Fellowship 