user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Both swings swap places
Note hand with next neighbor and note that the partner swing leaves you on the same corners of the set just with one pair flipped
Note home side for give and take
Box the gnat have neighbors take right hands, step slightly left, folks in the middle go under and folks on the outside go around
Same note as #2 for partner swing
WALTZ
Figure out how to prompt the gents to identify each other
by: Larry Jennings
Both swings swap places
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.
Note hand with next neighbor and note that the partner swing leaves you on the same corners of the set just with one pair flipped
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: Larry Jennings
Note home side for give and take
introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing, give & take
formation: sawtooth cw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners ⁋
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| 12 | partners swing and face next neighbors
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While this was originally written as a sawtooth dance and I've listed it here as such, it might be better to teach this as a clockwise becket dance with a slide left at the beginning as dancers have become better at moving back to the posts for the partner swing after the give and take.
by: Cary Ravitz
Box the gnat have neighbors take right hands, step slightly left, folks in the middle go under and folks on the outside go around
introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, custom, pass through, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance by right hands
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 0 | gentlespoons turn out over left shoulder WHILE
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| 8 | ladles chain to their partner
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 2 | ladles turn out over right shoulder
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once ⁋
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A nice ladles' choice variation for B1 is ladles turn in and partners
gypsyleft / partners turn alone clockwise and swing.
by: Erik Hoffman
Same note as #2 for partner swing
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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WALTZ
by: Paul Eric Smith
introduces moves: custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 4 | pass through across the set, turn right 90 degrees
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| 4 | walk single file along the set (ladles leading) to next neighbors ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Chris Page
Figure out how to prompt the gents to identify each other
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to shadows
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| 8 | star left 4 places with shadows, next neighbors
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| B1 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then next neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, scoop up partners
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| B1 | 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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