Jane Rutherford (Canada - NL)
Jane Rutherford has been dancing,
calling and teaching with folk dance groups for over 20 years and
has performed across eastern North
America.
She was the principal author and dance consultant for
‘Traditional Dances of Newfoundland
and Labrador: A Guide for
Teachers’, published by the
Government of Newfoundland
and
Labrador
in 2007. Jane
has been a staff member with Vinland Music Camp for four years, and
coordinated the dance stage at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk
Festival for the past two years.
She is an active collector
of traditional set dances from Newfoundland
and
Labrador
and has worked
with several communities in the province to revive dances that were
close to being lost.
