Dressed in trademark red and white stays, the Belles have delighted audiences around the country with vibrant and energetic Cotswold Morris since 2009.
Traditional folk rhythms, high jumping, audience participation and general horseplay mix to deliver a toe-tappingly infectious dance spectacle.
The Belles are an antiracist, LGBTQIA+ inclusive group, who champion an expansive and inclusive view of English culture which we believe is for all. We will not tolerate racism, sexism, ableism, classism, transphobia, homophobia, islamaphobia, antisemetism and xenophobia.
11th April: Oxford Folk Festival
23rd April: 17th Birthday Danceout, Blackfriars
1st May: May Morning, Primrose Hill
1st May: Goblin Band, EartH Hackney
2nd May: Westminster Day of Dance
3rd-4th May: Hastings Jack in the Green
10th May: Mr Punch's Birthday Parade, St Paul's Church Covent Garden
10th May: Family Barn Dance, Cecil Sharp House
12th May: Brunel Museum May Celebration
15th May: Moulton May Festival
22nd-25th May: Bower Street's "Dirty Weekend", Margate
29th-31st May: Thaxted Weekend
10th June: Dance out with Thaxted Morris Men, Bishops Stortford
12th-14th June: Mersey Morris' Weekend of Dance
27th June: Greenwich Morris' 50th Anniversary
4th July: Hammersmith Day of Dance
1st-2nd August: Black Shuck Festival, Bungay
15th August: Imberbus
21st-23rd August: Saddleworth Rushcart
31st August: Thaxted Bank Holiday Walking Tour
20th September: Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival, London
Morris Dancing is a style of traditional English folk dance. The Belles dance Cotswold Morris, which is characterised by bells worn on the legs, and hankie and stick dances. The dances that we perform today were primarily collected in the Cotswolds in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
