user: Isaac Banner
Waltz/Break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form a long wave, allemande, form an ocean wave, pass through, swing, chain, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| A2 | 2 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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| 14 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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First time through the A2 progression will be to your current neighbors from your hands four, since the A1 action is technically with the previous neighbors.
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: long lines, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, balance, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: pull by dancers, Rory O'More
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 2 | ladles pull by left
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| 6 | partners allemande right ¾ to long waves, gentlespoons facing out
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Similar to Less is More by Melanie Axel-Lute, but de-becketized and with partners in long waves to give more time for interaction.
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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I’m not sure this is original because it seems so simple and obvious that it’s probably been done before, but I’ll claim it until someone tells me otherwise. Written in the five minutes between leaving my workplace and getting home. Not a particularly special dance, but functional as a teaching tool.
Waltz/Break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: meltdown swing, poussette
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left ⁋
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If you don't want to or don't have time to teach the half poussette, a zig zag works just fine as well to simplify the progression.