user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Waltz
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbors
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One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.
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: Becky Hill
introduces moves: hey, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | right left through
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| B2 | 7 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 7 | circle right 3 places with new neighbors
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Based on: "Connecticut to Quebec" by Becky Hill
by: Marty Fager
introduces moves: custom, petronella
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | lines of four forward and back
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| 8 | corners swing and square the set
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain (all four), and form a big ring
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 4 | sides pass through and face back in
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| 8 | heads pass through and face back in, form a big ring
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| 8 | balance & petronella, turn to face direction of travel ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: slice
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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Waltz
introduces moves: balance
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.
introduces moves: do si do, roll away, gyre, balance the ring
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 8 | partners gyre once meltdown to
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| 8 | partners swing -end in ring of 4
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella spin right one place
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places with next neighbor, shadow
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| 8 | next neighbors zig left zag right past partner so ladles can catch left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 12 | partners swing
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diagonal chain and zig zag partner reunion
by: Cherylyn Geers
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, California twirl
formation: Becket
Set up the line with a partner swing ending facing down the hall, as in the B2.
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | balance & petronella RIGHT
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella LEFT
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing, end facing down the hall
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Loosely inspired by Ted Hodapp's Right Where You Left It, That's Right.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: allemande orbit
formation: Becket
Left-progressing becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight 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
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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.