▁as ▁it ▁was ▁performed ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Play ford , ▁using ▁the ▁surv iving ▁traditional ▁English ▁village ▁d ances ▁as ▁a ▁guide , ▁as ▁the ▁manual s ▁defined ▁almost ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁figures ▁described . ▁Sh arp ▁and ▁his ▁students ▁were , ▁however , ▁almost ▁wh olly ▁concerned ▁with ▁English ▁country ▁d ances ▁as ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁dance ▁manual s : ▁Sh arp ▁published ▁ 1 6 0 ▁d ances ▁from ▁the ▁Play ford ▁manual s ▁and ▁ 1 6 ▁traditional ▁village ▁country ▁d ances . ▁Sh arp ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Play ford ▁d ances , ▁especially ▁those ▁with ▁irregular ▁forms , ▁represented ▁the ▁original ▁" folk " ▁form ▁of ▁English ▁country ▁dance ▁and ▁that ▁all ▁later ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁dance ' s ▁long ▁history ▁were ▁cor ru ptions . ▁ ▁This ▁view ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁held . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁collection ▁of ▁modern ▁English ▁country ▁d ances ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 8 2 0 s , ▁Mag got ▁Pie , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁though ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁did ▁modern ▁compos itions ▁become ▁fully ▁accepted . ▁ ▁Re const ru ctions ▁of ▁historical ▁d ances ▁and ▁new ▁compos itions ▁continue . ▁Inter pre ters ▁and ▁compos ers ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁include ▁Douglas ▁and ▁Helen ▁Kennedy , ▁Pat ▁Shaw , ▁Tom ▁Cook , ▁Ken ▁She ff ield , ▁Charles ▁Bol ton , ▁Michael ▁Bar ra cl ough , ▁Col in ▁H ume , ▁Gary ▁Ro od