I haven't studied the dance, but what you describe would technically be duple minor indecent (ladies on the left) with a reverse progression (bottom couple moving down the hall).
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 23:28, Bill Baritompa <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > This may seem like a silly question. It concerns Rick Mohr's > improper dance > "Chuck the Budgie" (on his webpage and shown on a youtube video there). > > I thought an improper dance has the #1's facing down the hall, facing their > #2's who are facing up the hall. All gents have their partners on their > right side. > > Although the dance description says it's improper, it actually starts in a > short > wave which you get into by Nbr Right Allemand 3/4 to have gents in the > center > with left hands joined. (the last 4 beats of B2, (next nbr) Right Allemand > 3/4 > forms the next short wave). > > So this dances has a formation (consisting of short waves) with the #1's > facing up > the hall facing their #2's who are facing down the hall. Gents have their > partners > on their left. Does this have a name? Are there any other dances in this > formation? >
