Bolton Collection : Original Dances

THE ORIGINAL DANCES AND TUNES OF CHARLES BOLTON

Charles Bolton is a prolific composer and choreographer for English country dancing. He has published nine volumes of original dances, some with original tunes and some with traditional music.

You may search by booklet name, or by the name of the dance. Each dance is presented with music, and the dance instructions. (Note that in some cases there may be multiple tunes or dnaceson a page).

All dances are © Charles Bolton and are published here with his permission. In addition, the dances and tunes may be printed and distributed for your own non-commercial use, under Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses You may build upon the work of Charles Bolton; all new work must carry the same license, so any derivatives must also be non-commercial in nature.

The Optimist (1982)
More Optimistic Dances (1984)
Not All My Own Work (1985)
More of the Same (1986)
Courtesy Turns (1989)
Occasions (1989)
People and Places (1992)
What’s New (1995)
Round Robin (2005)