Hello, Rowan! Welcome to Mudcat. I'm somewhat of a newbie here also since it this month makes two years that I have been a member.

I agree with you that since music & dance are so interrelated, it would seem that there would be much more information presented and many more Mudcat discussions about dance.

However, there have been a number of archived Mudcat threads on Moorish dancing. Here's a link to one such thread: Origin of Morris Dancing . Under that thread's title, there's a hyperlinked list of related threads on that subject.

And here's a link to an archived Mudcat thread on the Origins of Broom Dancing

In addition, here's a link to a Mudcat thread What is with Ballet? and here's a link on
Teaching children country dancing...

I just found those last two threads by putting the key words
"folk dancing" in the Mudcat search box and hitting "submit".

I've put both of those threads on my "to read" list. And there are other threads listed besides those two.

Still, I think that it would be great to have more threads in which information is provided and discussions are held about continuity & change in specific dance styles, and the origins & meanings of specific dances.

Best wishes,

Azizi