Andrews, Shirley

Andrews, ShirleyAndrews, ShirleyShirley Andrews (* Melbourne, 1915), dance folklorist. After training as a dancer with the Borovansky Ballet, she began researching traditional Australian dance in the 1950s, writing papers and conducting traditional dance workshops. She helped organise the earliest national folk festivals (from 1967). Her major work is Take Your Partner: Traditional Social Dancing in Colonial Australia (1974) and her other volumes include Collectors' Choice of Set Tunes, Polkas…