At the other end of the Morris dancing spectrum are those interested not in genre-bending but in fidelity to form, like Alun Pinder, a 28-year-old data analyst. (There are approximately 800 active national Morris teams.) By his own estimation, his team, Fool’s Gambit, a roving collective that performs most weekends across the country, belongs in that top three. The Westminster dancers are proud of their command over one of the more distinctive elements of Morris: the flicking and waving of handkerchiefs. “We have trained ourselves to lower our hankies at a certain velocity so that they are almost in tandem and vertical,” Bentham said.

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Persons: Morris, Alun Pinder, “, Morris snob, ”, ” Pinder, Fool’s, Charlotte Dover, Westminster Morris, Elizabeth II’s, “ Morris, James Jack Bentham, ” Bentham Organizations: Morris teams Locations: Westminster