I've been trying to rename it to "Angry Bird", but I haven't got much buy-in yet.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jonathan Sivier <[email protected]>wrote: > On 6/1/2013 11:10 AM, James Saxe wrote: > >> Can any of you pinpoint who introduced term "Mad Robin" with >> it's current contra dance meaning, or when, or what dance they >> were describing? >> > > The name, and figure, almost certainly come from the English country > dance Mad Robin (Playford 1687) as reconstructed by Cecil Sharp in 1922. > In this dance the 1's do the figure of dancing around their neighbor, > usually while maintaining eye contact with their partner, and then the 2's > do it. In the figure as it has been imported into contra modern contra > dances it is usually done with everyone moving at once. > > An idea for a workshop. Do a variety of older dances, ECD and early > American, with various figures now considered to be standard in contra and > square dance as well as modern dances with those figures. Possibilities > would be Hunsdon House (1665) with a grand square and Mad Robin as well as > any one of several different dances from the 1600's and 1700's with heys > and contra corner type figures. I think I will propose this as a possible > workshop for our local dance group, though it will have to be in the fall > since our summer schedule is already set. > > Jonathan > ----- > Jonathan Sivier > Caller of Contra, English and Early American Dances > jsivier AT illinois DOT edu > Dance Page: > http://www.sivier.me/dance_**leader.html<http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html> > ----- > Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? > A: It depends on what dance you call! > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >
