user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande
formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
by: Bob Green
introduces moves: mad robin, allemande orbit, give & take
formation: Improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½ around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front ⁋
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by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: pull by dancers, custom, zig zag
formation: improper
fast reels
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 6 | neighbors allemande left once
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by right
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| A2 | 16 | hey, partners passing left shoulders to start
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 10 | circle left 5 places to original place
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| 6 | zig left zag right ⁋
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Rick Mohr notes: This is a very fun dance, especially with fast reels.
It helps to alert the gentlespoons to pull by at the end of the phrase in A1. Otherwise some will delay until the beginning of A2, making them late for the balance in B1. This can be reinforced during the dance by calling "gentlespoons right hand pull by" early by a beat or two.
The "Zig-Zag" in B2 is most satisfying if dancers emphasize the sideways left/right motion rather than the forward motion which gets them past their neighbors. There's plenty of time, so encourage them to go a good distance out of the set in the Zig. The idea is to let the momentum from the circle left propel into the Zig left, and then let the momentum from the Zag right lead directly into the circle right with the next couple.
For Robin Kynoch, a fine tinwhistle player from Framingham, Massachusetts. You might not think it possible to "rock" on the whistle, but Robin does.
Originally posted to: http://rickmohr.net/contra/dances.asp#RockinRobin
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: promenade, slide along set, petronella
formation: Becket
Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.
| A1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | partners promenade
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| 2 | slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Linda's notes:
"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"
waltz
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: balance, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners allemande left 1½ to form an ocean wave
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| B1 | 4 | balance forward and back
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| 4 | pass through to form an ocean wave with shadows
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| 4 | balance forward and back
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| 4 | shadows allemande left ¾
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners left to right along
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors left to right across
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to face next neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: do si do, figure 8
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | ladles do si do once, end in a line of four with the ladles in the middle
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and slide doors
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | gentlespoons half figure 8 above, first gentlespoon leading
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Based on my other dance Crossroads Contra. That dance had a lot of action for the ladles and almost none for the gentlespoons, so I decided to fix that. Now with a new title.
by: Linda Leslie
formation: Becket
double progression
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | next neighbors swing ⁋
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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"Written for Dance Flurry, 2009 and the Band!" - Linda