user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Waltz
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbors
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One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.
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.
introduces moves: meltdown swing, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | next neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | star right 4 places with prev neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ ⁋
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Inspired by Lisa Greenleaf's classic dance Poetry in Motion. I wanted something which captured that same star -> star -> allemande feeling while also incorporating Petronella spins. Not quite as beginner friendly as I had initially hoped due to the frequent redirections in the B section. Keep for more experienced crowds or later in the evening when you need something with simple figures but an interesting flow.
by: Bob Isaacs and Chris Weiler
introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat, pull by dancers
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner (gentlespoons back-to-back)
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat (ladles back-to-back)
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| 2 | partners pull by right (to start half-hey with hands)
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 2 | ladles pull by left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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introduces moves: do si do, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, roll away, 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.
Waltz
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors start a half hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain look for next ⁋
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by: Bob Dalsemer
introduces moves: custom, contra corners
formation: triplet
All three couples proper
| A1 | 4 | ones sashay down
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| 4 | ones balance towards and away from the top
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| 4 | ones sashay up
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| 4 | ones separate and go down the outside into the twos' place, twos move up
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| A2 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing, all end facing up
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| B2 | 4 | partners sashay to trade places (ladles in front, gentlespoons behind)
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 8 | circle left 3 places (halfway) ⁋
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introduces moves: swat the flea
formation: proper
Identify first corners and second corners
| A1 | 8 | first corners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | ones roll away partners with a half sashay - gentlespoons rolling
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| B2 | 8 | second corners left hand balance & swat the flea
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, look for new first corners ⁋
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Written at Summer CDH 2018 for the band In Tent City. I suggest identifying the ones at the beginning of the dance so that there's no confusion when telling the ones only to do the roll to swap.
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom, gyre
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| B1 | 4 | dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
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| 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 8 | three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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