New England Dancing Masters
New England Dancing Masters Online Dance Library
Watch our dances on YouTube!
- Intersection Reel
from NEDM's new collection Sashay the Donut
New Upcoming Workshops
New Workshop Notes
- Thursday Evening Dance: National AOSA Conference 2007, San Jose
- Teaching Traditional Dance to Children : National AOSA Conference 2007, San Jose
About Us
New England Dancing Masters (NEDM) produces books and recordings of traditional social dances and singing games from North America and the British Isles. NEDM materials, which are specifically geared to dancers of diverse ages and abilities, are being used by thousands of music teachers, physical education teachers, recreation leaders, and dance callers throughout the United States, as well as in England, France, Denmark, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
New England Dancing Masters editors Andy Davis, Mary Cay Brass, and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon are all professional dance musicians, callers, and dance teachers. All have extensive experience teaching dance to elementary school students, both as music teachers and as artists-in-residence. They have time-tested the dances and singing games from the three collections in classrooms and at community dances.
These collections have become classics; many teachers base their dance curriculums largely on the dances found in these collections; many leaders of community and family dances have a repertoire largely drawn from Chimes of Dunkirk, Jump Jim Joe, Listen to the Mockingbird, and Down in the Valley.