[Callers] Lindy move in a Contra Dance

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Thanks Jack! I thought that seemed familiar. Digging in my box, I think
it's also Box the Cat by Lisa Greenleaf. I don't know who wrote it first.

The A2 through B2 also overlaps Contracordians by Scott Higgs and James
Hutson; and Sneak Preview by Claudio Buckwald. A very popular sequence.

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Jack Mitchell <jmitchell.nc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Indeed, the dance with the box the gnat in place of the mini-dip is
> written - Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens.
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:34 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> There was a recent call for new dances, but I can't find the thread, so
>> here's a fresh post.
>>
>> Continuing what I think of as a long-standing tradition of contra dance
>> choreography stealing moves from other dances; I've written a few with the
>> mini-dip, a move from swing dancing. (Despite the name, it's not really a
>> dip)
>>
>> I was recently on a small tour with Chimney Swift, and premiered one at
>> the BIDA dance in Boston.
>>
>> You can check out a video of it here:
>> https://goo.gl/photos/qaeUuuSKt9PKBY3v8
>>
>> For an explanation of what swing dancers consider a mini dip:
>> https://youtu.be/nGI9IfhSCQE?t=6
>> https://youtu.be/LiElJr7YSQA?t=99
>>
>> There's different opinions in swing if it's a 6 count or 8 count move,
>> but I put it in 8 counts. The break down:
>> 1-2: moving forward on balance
>> 3-4: moving backwards on balance
>> 5: pull past each other
>> 6: clap (while low and moving)
>> 7: catch hands
>> 8: style pause
>>
>> Functionally, it's like a box the gnat; but folks let go and have an
>> opportunity to clap and add style.
>>
>> The entire dance in that video is ~75% Bob Isaacs' "United We Dance";
>> replacing long wavy Rory O'More's in the A1 with the mini-dip sequence, so
>> it's called "United We Mini-Dip".
>>
>> Improper
>> A1
>> (8) Right hand to neighbor, balance, and mini-dip; catch right hands
>> (2) Pull by right with current neighbor to previous neighbor
>> (6) Previous neighbor allemande Left 1x, back to current neighbor
>> A2
>> (16) Current neighbor balance and swing
>> B1
>> (6) Circle left 3/4
>> (10) Partner swing
>> B2
>> (8) Ladies Chain to neighbor
>> (8) Left Hand Star 1x
>>
>> I know NB&S, CL PSwg, Chain Star, overlaps other dances as well. You
>> could do the whole thing with a box the gnat instead of a mini dip in the
>> A1 (that may already exist as a choreographed and called dance); but I like
>> the clap opportunity the mini-dip provides, especially if the band matches
>> it well to a tune (as Chimney Swift did).
>>
>> Enjoy if you're so inclined.
>>
>> --
>> Luke Donforth
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