user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
medley
medley
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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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: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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by: Rich Mohr
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: pass by, custom, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 2 | ones pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | ones turn left, dance around one person, then form diamonds with 1st gentlespoon in a new set facing down and 1st ladle in the same set facing up
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella, ones turn a little more to find partners
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| 8 | ones swing and face down to next neighbors ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | ones split twos for a mirror do si do
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| 8 | twos swing and face up to current neighbors
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Cary notes:
"The central figures of this dance, A2 and B1, are borrowed from Ted Sannella's Fiddleheads.
You can run this as an alternating dance (as in Alternating Corners by Jim Kitch). On even cycles, after the neighbor swing, twos cross the set, turn left, etc. Gentlespoons face down and ladles face up in the initial diamonds, and after the partner swings (both versions), ones face down and twos face up."
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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waltz
by: Chart Guthrie
medley
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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
medley
introduces moves: slide along set
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 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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introduces moves: meltdown swing
formation: Becket
Look at the dancers on their left diagonal. These are next neighbors.
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places, then with next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: custom
formation: triple minor, triad formation
Take a standard proper triple minor. 1s and 2s cross over, and then 2s and 3s circle left 1/4. Chris describes it as 1s improper, 2s and 3s Becket. For more on Triad formation, see "TLC Tempest."
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella [3]
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella [4]
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| 8 | star left 3 places **3 Gentlespoons** [5]
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| B1 | 16 | grand right & left - partner right, left, right, partner left, right, left [6]
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing [7] ⁋
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http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm#whirlpool
[1] Starting formation: Take a standard proper triple minor. Ones and twos cross over, and then twos and threes circle left 1/4. I describe it as ones improper, twos and threes Becket. For more on Triad formation, see "TLC Tempest."
[2] Twos and threes progress up, staying with each other, but swapping sides as they travel up. Ones progress down past two couples.
End effects at the top: Every third time through the dance, two couples get spit out at the top. The both wait out improper, one below the other. One will get in the next time, the other will have to wait until the time after that.
End effects at the bottom: Couples just wait out on the sides, Becket-like, for a full hands-six to form. Since this is double progression, there shouldn't be any couples at the bottom accidentally trapped there forever.
[3] All six. For the petronella turn, everyone move one position to their right.
[4] Everyone is now progressed. All the remaining moves finish where they started.
[5]Menease out of the star a tiny bit early so everyone's facing their partner around the circle of six.
[6] Within the group of six.
[7] Or balance and swing. After the swing, ones face down. Twos and threes face uppish and across, having swapped sides.There's no need to mention who are twos and threes. Just call them "side couples".
After testing "Because It Was There," I realized a grand right and left was a good thing to put in a regular-length contra. This was the result, which worked surprisingly well. It's also helped by a low piece count.
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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