Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe started life with an interest in garment-making and history which eventually transmogrified into a passion for traditional dance research. Her PhD was the first in-depth study of post WWII social folk dance development in England. Whilst working outside of academia, she continues to research and give entertaining and informative lectures for both specialist and general audiences. She lives in Milton Keynes.
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Chloe fronts the folk band Innocent Hare www.facebook.com/InnocentHareBand and is part of the historical re-enactment meets musical-hall duo The Grand Union Canal Entertainment Company (find us on Facebook!).
She is a proficient dance teacher/caller of English social folk dance for both parties and workshops.
She also curates the English Folk Costume Archive which aims to preserve English folk dance costume artifacts. www.facebook.com/englishfolkcostumes/
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She is a board member of The Folk Music Journal and a member (and trustee) of the Instep dance research team insteprt.co.uk/
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BA(hons) Theatre Practice: Costume Construction at The Central School of Speech and Drama;
MA Investigating Fashion History at Bath Spa University;
TECHNE funded PhD ‘Barn Dances, Ceilidhs, and Country Dancing in England 1945-2020: An Examination of Non-Specialist English Social Folk Dance’ at Roehampton University.
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Chloe fronts the folk band Innocent Hare www.facebook.com/InnocentHareBand and is part of the historical re-enactment meets musical-hall duo The Grand Union Canal Entertainment Company (find us on Facebook!).
She is a proficient dance teacher/caller of English social folk dance for both parties and workshops.
She also curates the English Folk Costume Archive which aims to preserve English folk dance costume artifacts. www.facebook.com/englishfolkcostumes/
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She is a board member of The Folk Music Journal and a member (and trustee) of the Instep dance research team insteprt.co.uk/
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BA(hons) Theatre Practice: Costume Construction at The Central School of Speech and Drama;
MA Investigating Fashion History at Bath Spa University;
TECHNE funded PhD ‘Barn Dances, Ceilidhs, and Country Dancing in England 1945-2020: An Examination of Non-Specialist English Social Folk Dance’ at Roehampton University.