2022-12-04 GP dance

user: Moose Flores

Moose Tracks

by: Elizabeth Bloom Albert

Thumbs up, ready to go. Mind how to teach promenade around the oval.

This dance is not published.

The Nice Complication

by: Moose Flores

Thumbs up, ready to go.

introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Variation on The Nice Combination
https://contradb.com/dances/467

Slo Mo Bo Circ (Slow Motion Box Circulate)

by: Elizabeth Bloom Albert

Ready to go. For long wavy lines, tell dancers "Left hand to your neighbor/partner"

introduces moves: form a long wave, form long waves, balance, allemande, swing, right left through, long lines

formation: Becket

double progression.
In A1, A2, after the center wave balance, same dancers dance forward to the sides, "Left to your neighber/partner" and balance. The overall effect is 2 box circulates, punctuated by balances.

A1 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
4
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
4
balance
A2 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
4
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
4
balance
B1 8
shadows allemande right once
8
partners swing
B2 8
right diagonal right left through ⁋
8
long lines forward & back, noting your new neighbors

Star Colonnade 0.2

by: Moose Flores

Possible. More care for teaching Colonnade (foot paths first, then add arch. Give 2's a chance to arch, too)

introduces moves: pull by dancers, box circulate, custom

formation: Becket ccw

  • Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the RIGHT for Becket ccw. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side.
  • It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the very simple paths. (Or have one set demonstrate.)
  • Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
  • couples out at the ends can slide around the corner and reenter with the left-hand star.
A1 8
long lines forward & back
2
gentlespoons pull by left
6
neighbors allemande right ¾ & form long wavy lines (neighbor by right, gentlespoons facing in)
A2 4
balance the wave, forward & back
4
box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop left ⁋
8
star left 4 places
B1 16
left colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2 16
partners balance & swing
  • Left Colonnade: ones join left hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade positions by left-shoulder pass through with ladle two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Gentlespoons trade by left shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. Ladles trade back by left shoulders; gentlespoons trade back by left shoulders. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

Monday Night Folk Dance

by: Elizabeth Bloom Albert

Very tight for Up/Down chain, so add another line? Very compartmentalized. Possibly good for early/newish dancers. Can be tight to get full circles, but the swing catch everyone up.

This dance is not published.

Low German Junction (hey figure) 0.1

by: Moose Flores

Swap out the Revolving door & try again. Flutterby? Give & take? CL 3/4?

introduces moves: revolving door, square through, circle, petronella

formation: four face four

Most of the dance is with your neighbors, except the half hey figure, which is with your traveling buddies ("shadows" in B1).

A1 8
revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
8
shadows start a half hey - lefts on ends, rights in center, pass your partner, and join hands with your neighbors
B2 8
circle right 3 places
8
balance & petronella, face new neighbors

As in Dutch Crossing, end the half hey right after passing by your partner. For the circle, gentlespoons are already moving in that direction, so they get to lead the circle to the /right/.