user: Moose Flores
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: allemande, swing, hey, allemande orbit, meltdown swing, mad robin, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | 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 once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain "look left for new gentlespoons" ⁋
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Written for Gaye Pfifer, auction winner at Dance, Music, & Spice week at Camp Cavell, 2025. She likes “smooth and good flow, intuitive transitions. … Mad ladles, heys, orbits.”
The title comes from Shall We Dance, from the musical The King and I.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: box circulate, square through, long lines, contra corners
formation: improper
Identify ones and twos. This dance alternates who does contra corners & swing.
start by giving right hand to neighbor and facing in/out, but do not form long waves.
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| A2 | 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners (alternate with twos)
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing, end with giving right hand to next neighbors ⁋
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"We don't do enough contra corners in the Midwest." - Michael Bean
Created for Michael Bean, for the auction at Camp Cavell 2025. The name
Paprika Ad Astra is inspired by Michael's band Pimento Mori and the phrase "per aspera ad astra" (through the rough, to the stars).
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: form long waves, circle, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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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 | partners California twirl ⁋
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I had a vision of dancers milling about, then suddenly snapping into formation. This became the full hey into long waves balance.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: do si do
formation: Becket ccw
Right-progressing becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center, then turn to next neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Written with Calvin at lunch, using my Contraindicated Deck.
Possible names? Gravity well. Vortex, wishing well, lunch specials