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Practitioners Awaiting cited count
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Quick guide to Chestnut Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0 Chestnut (or Dove's Figary) is an English country dance from The Dancing Master collection.
01 · What it is
Dance Live movement, rhythm, costume, or staged dramatic performance passed between generations.
02 · Where & name
Geography awaiting source Add a cited source naming the region or community that carries it.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed) Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources Every claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapter Takeaways
Dance English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by John Playford, 1651.
Instructions reconstructed by Delbert von Straßburg and Stephen Fischer
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Chestnut in plain words? Chestnut (or Dove's Figary) is an English country dance from The Dancing Master collection.
Where is Chestnut practised or documented? No verified geographic place has been linked on record yet — editors can add a cited place from the edit page.
What is the current condition of Chestnut today? □□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Chestnut entry? Cite as: "Chestnut." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/chestnut, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
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The tradition & historical record 1 min read · 2 sources Chestnut (or Dove's Figary) is an English country dance from The Dancing Master collection. 1
Dance English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by John Playford, 1651. 1
Instructions reconstructed by Delbert von Straßburg and Stephen Fischer 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chestnut (dance)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Chestnut is English country dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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