The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Brand
Stories And Ballads > Part Ii > General Introduction
attestation: Content from passage 84
"When a ballad is concluded, one of those who are taking part straightway begins on a new one, the dance frequently continuing uninterrupted, even when the song is ended."
attestation: Content from passage 84
"The precentor must have a strong voice and great powers of endurance as the ballads are often very long."
attestation: Content from passage 84
"He is generally of a lively disposition with some dramatic power, so that by imitating his gesticulations the dancers give character and individuality to the ballad."
attestation: Content from passage 84
"With the ballad dances of the Faroes it is interesting to compare the ballad dances of the Ukraine a"
attestation: Further content from passage 84
"nd also the choral dances of a community so far removed as the Torres Straits."
attestation: Further content from passage 84
"Of these latter Dr Haddon writes[15]:
The dancing-ground was an oblong space...."
attestation: Further content from passage 84
"The drummer with the singers generally struck up a song, but sometimes the dancers sang a refrain or called for a song by name."