user: Isaac Banner
Waltz/Break
Phone tag
introduces moves: long lines, swing, 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: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: Rory O'More, circle, form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and walk forward
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
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| 4 | walk forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay Across the set
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| 8 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once Next Gentlespoons, once and a bit
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: chain, hey, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: petronella, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: star, meltdown swing, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Waltz/Break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: slice, gyre, balance, box the gnat, form long waves, box circulate
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back, ladles roll away partners ⁋
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| 8 | ladles gyre left shoulders once
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| A2 | 4 | partners balance right hands along
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| 4 | partners box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out, partners take right hands
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Written for Neight Banks
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: pass by, square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles pass by right shoulders across
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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by: Jim Kitch
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Phone tag
by: Andrea Nettleton
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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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 trade places
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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