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HyperBelle, opening the portal via the Musica Universalis
@bellesoflondoncity.bsky.social
The Belles of London City Morris at Primrose Hill for May morning 2025
The Belles of London City Morris at Primrose Hill for May morning 2025. Gathering for a massive group hug having successfully coaxed the sun to rise.
The Belles of London City Morris at Primrose Hill for May morning 2025. A dancer prepares in the very dim pre-dawn light
The Belles of London City Morris at Primrose Hill for May morning 2025
and the Belles, oh my goodness
The Belles of London City Morris singing as they climb to the top of Primrose Hill to dance
A dawn celebrant in tall pointy hat and robes, in slightly misty light on Primrose Hill
Seeing the sun rise on May 1, from Primrose Hill looking east over London
Belles of London City morris dancers cavorting in the dawn sunlight
May morning, Primrose Hill. Such scenes! Felt very London and very pagan, all at the same time. Huge privilege to see it.
The Belles of London City dance in the sunrise on May Morning, 1 May 2025, Primrose Hill, London
May morning, Primrose Hill (right at this moment)
Some female morris dancers in central Oxford.
Turns out my small daughter is obsessed with Morris dancing. Have been watching for 1hr 50min so far with no sign of enthusiasm abating. The genre has moved on since I last saw it - there’s all women sides and young people and everything. #OxfordFolkFestival
Interesting afternoon out on Sunday at the Crossbones Graveyard in Southark for a book launch with various Morris people celebrating the launch of Max Crow Reeve's book "Morris". What an interesting backstory Crossbones has, and I never knew...
The beneficial nature of going morris dancing. ueajournalism.com/2025/02/06/m... - footage of me and @kempsmenofnorwich.bsky.social
We’re very excited to be joining our friends Black Swan Border, Blackhorse & Standard, and Brixton Tatterjacks to celebrate the official launch of Max Crow Reeves’s book Morris - an amazing photographic record of the vibrant morris community we get to be part of. Sunday 23 March, 3-6pm.
Wed 29th / EartH Theatre - Shovel Dance Collective, Bridget Christie, Milkweed, Spitzer Space Telescope, Resonant Bodies
dice.fm/event/67addc...
Thu 30th / St Giles Church - Daisy Rickman, Goblin Band, Belles of London City, Tealeaf
link.dice.fm/d38789729bfc
On the one and only night of the year when the Belles are usually tucked up in our beds getting an early night, we’ve been persuaded out to dance! And if the May excitement gets to you, remember you can always join us at dawn the next morning too…
With love from us to you: look at this AMAZING lineup we get to be part of on 30 April.
Ticket bundle here: dice.fm/bundles/a-sa...
It’s kit season! Belles flower crowns getting ready to adorn some heads, before the summer dancing season begins…
Exciting news! Our winter 2024 newsletter is out - where we’ve been, where we’re going, and the latest shenanigans updates (well… those we’re willing to commit to print, at least)
www.bellesoflondoncity.co.uk/News.php
Big thank you to Douglas Treamer for capturing this taster of our lovely wassail event with @brunelmuseum.bsky.social yesterday. Wassail!
youtu.be/FllgbozRWXk?...
Thanks Londonist for highlighting the Brunel Museum Wassail this weekend! Tickets available here: the-brunel-museum.arttickets.org.uk/the-brunel-m...
londonist.com/london/weeke...
"WASSAIL:The Belles are the focus of the Brunel Museum's wassail, performing both on the museum's piazza and in the tunnel shaft. It's not often you get to watch Morris dancing taking place underground, and if you like what you see, there's a chance to learn a few of the steps yourself. 1.30pm-3pm”
(Black Swan, apologies for not getting any footage of you dancing, we spent your sets desperately trying to warm our ankles up!)
A few lovely moments out on the frozen fens this morning for the very very special burning of the bear - in the company of lovely dancers from White Rose Morris, Peterborough Morris, Danegeld Morris & Black Swan
A little snapshot of some of the things the Belles saw at yesterday’s Whittlesea Straw Bear celebrations! We’re so thrilled to have been invited to dance here this year - and now we’ve all thawed our toes out overnight, look out for us at the burning of the bear today…
> (if you’re trying to track us down on the day, check w one of the Straw Bear event people!) but at the moment our Saturday looks like this:
🐻 10.30 Procession from the Manor
🐻 10.45-11.25 Market Place
🐻 12.20-1.05 Falcon
🐻 1.10-1.55 New Crown
🐻 2-2.45 Falcon
🐻 3-3.30 Station Road for the finale
We’re counting down the days til Whittlesea Straw Bear now (and packing our thermals)
We’ll be in the company of an amazingly long list of wonderful dance sides! The Straw Bear team are coordinating a lot of dancers across a lot of different dance spots, so this schedule is subject to change >
During 2025 the Morris Federation is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It's therefore appropriate to publish 50 short videos of 50 sides throughout the year to celebrate the #MorrisFed50 anniversary!
Feel free to share - especially on social networks used by *potential* dancers
#MorrisDancing
Big thank you to The Admiralty on Trafalgar Square for grabbing this wonderfully festive snap of a few of the Belles (and @thaxtedmorrismen.bsky.social friend!) last week.
We’ve had an incredible year - thank you so much to all the friends old and new that we’ve danced, sung, and generally nonsensed with this year. We hope you all have a wonderful midwinter break, full of whatever most refreshes you, and we’ll see you for more dancing in 2025 ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️
I was in a mummers’ play at one minute’s notice. The main antagonistic force was the spirit of ankles.
Last night in London 🙂
We're pleased to announce that @uclofficial.bsky.social will be offering a fully-funded PhD studentship (with stipend), in partnership with the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
For further description, specific candidate requirements and how to apply, go to: bit.ly/3ZKMggt
Screenshot of text message reading “I can no longer remember my life before the belles. I know I had a lot going on, but lord alone knows what I did or why I thought it was relevant.”
Extremely relatable Belles content (if you think we’re all a bit obsessed with each other, we are)
The Westminster Xmas outing in central London with the Belles on Wednesday.
