The new teams set about developing their own material, basing their performances on the notations then available in print and on the style of the teams they had seen perform. In the past few years, much more information about Border Morris has been discovered and become widely available. Little, if any, of this has added anything to the available early notations or to an appreciation of the original style of the dancing. Taken together, the increasing number of available descriptions of performances improves the understanding of the type of performance that was taking place, but it is extremely unlikely that a complete notation or a detailed description of the stepping remains undiscovered in some library or private collection. Today, Border Morris can be considered a living tradition.
Current teams watch each other perform and add new ideas.
They draw on experience of many forms of dance, both from England and elsewhere. The best new ideas are copied, adapted and used in new settings until it becomes impossible to say with any certainty where they originated. All of the material that directly relates to traditional Border Morris dance notations is available within the collection of The Morris Federation and The Morris Ring. Each of these organisations also has material developed by present day teams. Much of this is also available on request.