I feel strongly that when naming or describing a dance, it is disrespectful
to omit the name of the artist/deviser. In other fields of art (e.g.
music, sculpture, painting, literature, film) such disrespect is very rare.
I agree with Harry Ways that Stella's Virginia dance Programme is excellent
in listing both the source publication and the deviser.
I hope that Anselm will add the devisers' names to the dances with RSCDS
book as source; is there any reason to treat these differently?
Happy dancing,
Eric
On 23 Oct 2007 at 14:48, Anselm Lingnau wrote:
> <......> If you register as a my.strathspey user, then this is exactly
> what you get if you use the »dance selection« feature in the DanceData web
> frontend and then select »Export« from the »Manage« screen. Here's a
> specimen output from that function:
> 1. The Laird of Milton's Daughter J32 3C/4 RSCDS XXII 10
> 2. The Compliment S32 2C/4 Goldring: Goldring 12more
> 3. Duke of Perth R32 3C/4 RSCDS I 8
> 4. The Flying Spur J32 3C/4 Drewry: Canadian
> 5. The Gentleman S32 3C/4 RSCDS XXXV 5
> 6. J.B. Milne R32 3C/4 Foss: Angus Fitchet
> <.....>
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