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@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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