The first dance is very similar to my dance Hortensia's Cravat ( http://www.dancingwoods.com/dance/dances.html). Though maybe it's different enough to count as a different dance. I imagine there are others that are similar too, but I don't know.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Luke Donev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I was lying awake in bed last night, running through dances in my mind, and > put together the following. It's a fairly straightforward dance, so I'm > curious if it already exists in the collected oeuvre > > Improper > A1 > Neighbor Balance and Swing > A2 > Gents Left allemande 1.5x > Pass partner by R for 1/2 hey > B1 > Partner Balance and Swing > B2 > Ladies Chain across the set > Left Hand Star 1x > > Those balance and swings could easily be replaced with gypsy meltdowns, as > the right shoulder is available in both cases. That's not really enough to > make it a different dance in my opinion, so there are a couple of > permutations this may already exist in. Thoughts? > > On a different note, I have vague memories of dancing a dance with a figure > similar to contra corners, but instead of coming back to partners by the > right in the middle, the active couple slide past each other and interact > with both lines of dancers. I'll try describing it as a sequence of > interactions below > > In a triplet, with couples (A 1), (B 2), (C 3) where letters are gents and > numbers ladies > A 1 > 2 B > C 3 > > 2 & B pull by R > 2 & 1 allemande L while B & C allemande L > 2 & A allemande R while B & 3 allemande R > 2 & B slide past each other > 2 & 3 allemande L while B & A allemande L > 2 & C allemande R while B & 1 allemande R > > It possibly ended with B & 2 doing a balance and swing in the middle, or > maybe everyone doing a balance and swing (although C and 1 will be facing > away from their partners). > > I feel like it's a lot of motion, and might even require a non-square tune? > Something like Fleur de Mandragore that adds just a tiny bit extra to a > phrase (in Fleur's case, a measure of 3/2 in the A2) > > Is that ringing any bells for folks? I may have to try to write this as a > dance to excise the sequence from my head. I put a lot more dance > choreography stuff up on facebook, so feel free to drop me a line off-list > if you'd like even more of these random thoughts. > > Thanks all! You'll know if my account is ever hacked, my e-mails will > become > a lot more concise :-) > > -- > Luke Donev > http://www.lukedonev.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
