user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
neighbors balance and swing at start
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
|
| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
|
| 8 | partners do si do once
| |
| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
|
| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
|
| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
|
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
|
| 8 | neighbors swing
| |
| A2 | 8 | right left through
|
| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
| |
| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
|
| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
|
| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
|
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
introduces moves: hey, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles chain
|
| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
| |
| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
|
| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
|
| 8 | partners swing
| |
| B2 | 7 | circle left 3 places
|
| 2 | pass through ⁋
| |
| 7 | circle right 3 places
|
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: custom, roll away, square through, box the gnat
formation: four face four
| A1 | 4 | lines of four forward
|
| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay (roll right to left) on the way back
| |
| 8 | neighbors do si do once (facing neighbor)
| |
| A2 | 0 | INSIDE FOURSOME:
|
| 0 | square through four - neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left, then repeat to face partner
| |
| 0 | WHILE OUTSIDE TWOSOMES:
| |
| 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing partner
| |
| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
|
| 8 | grand right and left 1/2 to meet partner on opposite side
| |
| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
|
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
|
| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
|
| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
| |
| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
|
| 8 | partners swing
| |
| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
|
| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
|
waltz
by: Callie Allison, Chet Gray, Nedra McNeil, Bob Crawford, Elisabeth Monica, Susan Pope, John Baker
introduces moves: petronella, custom, turn alone
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | circle left 2 places
|
| 12 | neighbors swing
| |
| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
|
| 8 | balance & petronella 2 places (petronella-nella)
| |
| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
|
| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
|
| 8 | circle right 4 places
| |
| 0 | turn alone to face next neighbors ⁋
|
The progression happens between B1 and B2. This dance was created at the Louisville Caller's meeting on 3-1-2020. We played around with different starting points. Beginning the dance with the circle left also feels really nice.
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors box the gnat
|
| 4 | gentlespoons pull by left
| |
| 8 | partners swing
| |
| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
|
| 8 | partners do si do once
| |
| B1 | 4 | partners box the gnat
|
| 4 | ladles pull by left
| |
| 8 | neighbors swing
| |
| B2 | 8 | right left through
|
| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
|
by: Jim Kitch
neighbors balance and swing at start
introduces moves: figure 8, contra corners
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
|
| 8 | neighbors swing
| |
| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
|
| 8 | ones half figure 8 above
| |
| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners
|
| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing ⁋
|
| 8 | circle left 4 places
| |
| 8 | neighbors swing
| |
| 8 | long lines forward & back
| |
| 8 | twos half figure 8 below
| |
| 16 | twos contra corners
| |
| 16 | twos balance & swing ⁋
|
Bob Isaacs notes: one of the seminal modern contras in the way it alternates the actives so everyone can be equally active in today’s long contra lines.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: slice, form an ocean wave, balance, pass by
formation: Becket
Note ones and twos before turning from improper to Becket formation.
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
|
| 8 | ladles chain and first corners trade places, first gentlespoon behind second ladle+
| |
| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ones by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides - gentlespoons face down
|
| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½
| |
| 4 | balance the wave, left then right
| |
| B1 | 6 | twos allemande left once
|
| 10 | neighbors swing
| |
| B2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
|
| 14 | partners swing
|
/+ first corners here means dancers on the left line relative to the caller - trade places, first gentlespoon behind, second ladle in front, kinda like one side of a mad robin.