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British naval cadets dancing the hornpipe in 1928
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England, with Hugh Aston's Hornepype of 1522 and others referring to Lancashire hornpipes in 1609 and 1613.[1] The name originally referred to a kind of wind instrument and was only later transferred to the dance.[2]
It is suggested that the hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels.[3] However, the dance does not seem to have become associated with sailors until after 1740 when the dancer Yates performed "a hornpipe in the character of a Jack Tar" at Drury Lane Theatre, after which, in 1741 at Covent Garden we hear of "a hornpipe by a gentleman in the character of a sailor".[1] Movements were those familiar to sailors of that time: "looking out to sea" with the right hand to the forehead, then the left, lurching as in heavy weather, and giving the occasional rhythmic tug to their breeches both fore and aft.
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