There's a Morris dance which uses the figure called Belligerent Blue jay. :-)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Hannum > Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 1:11 PM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] "Full sashay"/"MadRobin" (was Re: Arms Folded in > Dosidos) > > 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
