Re: [Callers] "Full sashay"/"MadRobin" (was Re: Arms Folded in Dosidos)

On 6/1/2013 11:10 AM, James Saxe wrote: The name, and figure, almost certainly come from the English country dance Mad Robin (Playford 1687) as reconstructed by Cecil Sharp in 1922. In this dance the 1's do the figure of dancing around their neighbor, usually while maintaining eye contact with their partner, and then the 2's do it. In the figure as it has been imported into contra modern contra dances it is usually done with everyone moving at once. An idea for a workshop. Do a variety of older dances, ECD and early American, with various figures now considered to be standard in contra and square dance as well as modern dances with those figures. Possibilities would be Hunsdon House (1665) with a grand square and Mad Robin as well as any one of several different dances from the 1600's and 1700's with heys and contra corner type figures. I think I will propose this as a possible workshop for our local dance group, though it will have to be in the fall since our summer schedule is already set. Jonathan ----- Jonathan Sivier Caller of Contra, English and Early American Dances jsivier AT illinois DOT edu Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_**leader.html<http://www.sivier.me/dance_lead… ----- Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? A: It depends on what dance you call! ______________________________**_________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.shared…