user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
balance and swing break
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: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: balance the ring, pass by, down the hall, up the hall, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
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| 10 | partners swing, end facing down in lines of four
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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 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | ladles pass by right shoulders
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - and look for next neighbors ⁋
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Rick notes, "A straightforward dance with good symmetry and timing."
Sometimes, that's all you have to say.
by: unknown
introduces moves: custom
formation: square dance
| A1 | 2 | active couple
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| 6 | circle left 4 places with right-hand couple
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 16 | dip and dive
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| B1 | 8 | ones swing
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| 8 | actives
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| B2 | 8 | actives cast back to home
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: custom
formation: Square Break
| A1 | 6 | neighbors allemande left once
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| 10 | grand right and left
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| A2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | neighbors allemande left once
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| 10 | grand right and left
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| B2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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introduces moves: promenade
formation: Becket
Look at the dancers on their left diagonal. These are next neighbors. The dancers across from you are prev neighbors.
| A1 | 8 | partners promenade and loop to next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places, then with prev neighbors
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| 8 | star right 4 places, back to current neighbors
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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Replaced the diagonal right and left through with a promenade and loop, then moved the neighbors swing to the ones you chained with and switched from a meltdown to a balance.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: gate, figure 8
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, face down the hall in a line of four
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 4 | up the hall
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| 4 | twos gate ones to face into the set
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| B1 | 8 | ones half figure 8
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| 8 | ones swing and face down to new twos ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places with next neighbors
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| 8 | twos swing
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waltz
by: Cherylyn Geers
introduces moves: petronella, custom
formation: scatter mixer
Hands four anywhere in the hall.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors scatter promenade
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Based on Petronella Milkshake but shifts the petronellas to A1 and takes out the circles in favor of the Stomp transition of petronellas to stars.
I like wrist grip here for scalability if some couples end up with hands more than four. That also opens up the possibility of one massive star at the end, à la Bob Isaacs at the end of Cold Pig/Warm Mud.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: slice, roll away, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners on way back
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | first gentlespoons roll away neighbor [1]
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| A2 | 4 | Ones go forward; pivot counterclockwise 90 degrees; fall back. Meanwhile, Twos go backwards; loop one position counterclockwise around group of four [2]
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| 4 | Twos go forward; pivot counterclockwise 90 degrees; fall back. Meanwhile, Ones go backwards; loop one position counterclockwise around group of four
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| 4 | Ones go forward; pivot counterclockwise 90 degrees; fall back. Meanwhile, Twos go backwards; loop one position counterclockwise around group of four
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| 4 | Twos go forward; pivot counterclockwise 90 degrees; fall back. Meanwhile, Ones go backwards; loop one position counterclockwise around group of four
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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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1) At the end of A1, first gentlespoons are on their original side when they do the roll away. After the roll away, all gentlespoons are above the ladles.
2) In the A2, every four beats is the positional equivalent of a circle right 1/4. It'll feel sort of ricochet-hey-like, and you're always looking at your partner.
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: custom, pass through, balance
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | Heads forward & back
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| 8 | right left through Heads
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places Heads
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| 2 | pass through to face Sides
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
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| B1 | 4 | balance right & left
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right to home
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balance and swing break
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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