Hi all,
Once again, a sleepless night produces a dance sequence. I recently called
it with very positive response, making me wonder - does this seem new, or
(how) similar to something already out there?
Goss, That's Nice - improper (Ric Goldman 2019/07)
A1 Balance N (4), pull-by R (2), pull-P-by-L (2)
N swing (8) (on opposite side)
A2 R & L thru (8)
Ravens allemande R 1-1/2 (8) to
B1 P balance & swing (16)
B2 Long-lines-fwd (4) & back, rolling ravens R-to-L (4) into
Star L 3/4 (8) to new Ns.
Thanx, Ric Goldman
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Here's a new dance I wrote and premiered at our local dance a few weeks ago, to very positive reviews. I'm proud of the dance overall, but particularly with title. If anyone is aware of another dance using this title, please indicate that. It's worth noting that partner contact is a bit limited in this dance, but it feels like a worthwhile trade off given the nice flow of the dance and the long partner swing at the end.
Feedback welcome. (Video attached)
Poussetranella (Becket) C. Abell 6/19
A1 Ring bal, Petronella 1x (8)
Ring bal, Petronella (take hands with N) (8)*
A2 Half poussette, gents go backwards first (4)
Ladies continue backwards to other side, gents pass right sh (4)**
N swing (8)
B1 Circle left 3/4x, slide left (ladies lead) (8)
(new) Gents dosido 1x (8)
B2 P bal and swing (16)
w/ same N…
* I suggest the dancers skip the clap on the second Petronella
** Gents pass right sh in the middle - nice flow into the swing
Hello all!
In a scene with which I'm sure many of you are familiar, I woke up in the
middle of the night with a tune stuck in my head, and I couldn't fall
asleep until I'd written a dance to go with it.
Let me know if someone's beat me to it:
Molly Apple Pye, Becket
A1: Balance Ring, Petronella
Balance Ring, Pass through up and down
A2: New Neighbor Balance and Swing
B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
Ladies Ricochet*
B2: Partner Swing
I realize the partner swing in this version is longer than standard, but
figure since the timing can run long for a full hey with ricochet and since
the next move is a ring balance, I don't mind giving the dancers the extra
time to get their affairs in order. ;)
*But maybe the timing works better if the Ladies dance a
left-shoulder-round instead, to take up a bit more music? I need to
play-test! In that case, the B's would be,
B1: Gents start 3/4 Hey across (GL PR LL NR GL PR),
Ladies Left Shoulder Round
B2: Partner Right Shoulder Round and Swing
Thanks!
Angela
Thanks for all the good information.
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> The Lambertville ECD site is pointing to a copy of Samuel, Ann, and Peter
> Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1782, on the Vaughan
> Williams Memorial Library website. There are a couple of things that the
> term "allemande" could mean in 1782, but the one that seems correct for
> that version of Away To The Camp would be danced as follows:
>
> The couple link right elbows and then straighten out their right arms to
> reach their partner?s hand, while they hold left hands behind their backs.
> (For an allemand reverse they would reverse this and start by linking their
> left elbows.) They dance forward once around each other and return to
> their places. For the Thompsons' 1782 version of Away To The Camp I
> suggest that both Allemande and Allemande Reverse be done, that the
> footwork used be a skip-change step (which would have been called "chassee
> forward" in 1782), and that all three couples do the allemandes (although a
> case can certainly be made for only the active couple doing them.)
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> If you are interested in dance from that era, check out the blog that my
> wife and I have at http://www.dancehistoryalive.com/blog/ We haven't
> written an article on Away to the Camp yet, but we'll try to do one soon.
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> Jacob Bloom
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>> John,
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>> Thanks so much for your hard work and sharing a tremendous amount of
>> information with us.
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>> There?s one allemande I?d like to know more about. It?s the one used in
>> the the dance, Away to the Camp which can be seen on the Lambertville ECD
>> site.
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John,
Thanks so much for your hard work and sharing a tremendous amount of information with us.
There’s one allemande I’d like to know more about. It’s the one used in the the dance, Away to the Camp which can be seen on the Lambertville ECD site.
Tom
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Hi all,
Following up on forum discussions over the years, some of
which floundered a little without photographs to aid the discussion, I have
now created this page on Allemandes:
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Allemande.html
I haven't linked to it yet. Please let me know of any
updates, errors, omissions, etc.
Once a few more people have checked it out I will add some
more links to it.
Thanks to all those of you who contributed words of wisdom.
I hope you find it useful.
Happy dancing,
John
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