Sleights Sword Dancers, East Side, Whitby, Yorkshire, c1912. Artist: Cecil Sharp

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Sleights Sword Dancers, East Side, Whitby, Yorkshire, c1912. Photograph taken by music collector Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) of a traditional Yorkshire folk dance in which flexible swords of wood or steel are linked together by the dancers.

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Size: 3699px × 5091px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,North Yorkshire,Whitby
Photo credit: © EFDSS/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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