Morris dancers from the Westminster Morris Men, performing outside in Borough Market one Summer evening at people out for an evening drink watch on in London, United Kingdom. The Westminster Morris Men perform with sticks. Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. The earliest known and surviving English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448.