22 Aug
2023
22 Aug
'23
12:11 a.m.
Just adding to Jonathan's reply, the English country dance Trip to
Tunbridge is almost exactly the same as Chorus Jig, but as a three-couple
set:
A1: Ones cast down outside past two couples, take a peak and dance back.
A2: Ones down the center, return, cast to second place
B1: Ones pass right shoulder, turn first corner by the right hand;
Ones pass right, turn second corner by the right hand.
B2: Ones cross to their own side (proper), lines of three lead out a
double, turn alone and dance back, Ones cast to bottom, threes lead to
second place, and twos two-hand turn at top in preparation for cast.
There's no balance and swing, of course, and only right-hand turns, but the
structure is clearly the same.
Jerome Grisanti
On Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 6:47 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
There are a bunch of English country dances that
have corner/partner
figures similar to the contra corners in contra dance (i.e. Fandango,
Prince William, etc.) I don't know what the earliest one is, but I suspect
the figure was well known when the early American dances were being
devised. The figure is included in several of the chestnut dances such as
Chorus Jig (which I once saw listed as Cora's Jig), Rory O'More and
Sackett's Harbor. Somewhere I saw the figure referred to as "contrary
corners" in something written about chestnut dances. I don't know if that
is a genuine name that was once used, or not.
Jonathan
On 8/21/2023 5:34 PM, Rich Sbardella via Contra Callers wrote:
Hey friends,
Can anyone shed some light on the origin of the movement and the
especially the
name "Contra Corners"?
Rich Sbardella
Stafford, CT
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