13 Jun
2016
13 Jun
'16
3:42 a.m.
Nice! I love Dolphin heys!
As an aside, I was thinking how great it would be if contra dancers had hey
for 3s in their rep so they could more easily adapt a dance if one of their
hands-four dropped out for some reason. Then the other couple wouldn't
have to go to the bottom. Kind of like when at the end of a 4 x 4 people
do it with just the 4 dancers.
A
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hello all,
I'm sharing a link to a pod of dances I recently wrote:
http://www.madrobincallers.org/2016/06/13/dolphinheys/
rather than putting all 5 and the descriptions up here. I'll put one at
the bottom.
I was at the English Country Dance in Brattleboro before the Dawn Dance,
and Nikki Herbst called a dance with a dolphin hey; and it was such fun I
decided to write contra dances with it.
For those of you (like recently me) not familiar with a dolphin hey, it's
4 people doing a hey for 3; with the 1s acting as a unit and trading leads
(like a school of fish) when the reach either end and loop back in. For
instance, at 1:32 in this lovely video of Sapphire Sea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8LyExynvA
I don't have video of the contra dances (although I have called a couple
of them at contras and they've worked).
Also, if you just search Dolphin Hey on google, you find:
Which, given how much time I've spent navel gazing about the move, I
admit to thinking is hilarious.
My favorite
(so far) of the 5 I've written is below. I'm curious if anyone else has
already ported this move from ECD into contra.
Enjoy:
Kinematic Dolphin Vorticity
Luke Donforth
Type: Contra
Formation: Duple-Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Long lines, forward and back
(8) 2s hand cast the 1s down through the middle to a line of 4
1s turn to face lady 2
A2 -----------
(16) Dolphin hey for 3, 1s (gent starting in lead) pass lady 2 by left
7 changes, until at gents home side with partner second time
B1 -----------
(16) Partner gypsy and swing
B2 -----------
(6) Circle Left 3/4
(10) Swing neighbor
Notes: The dancers will probably get to the partner gypsy a little early.
They can get a little more gypsy, or swoop wideley on the hey.
Other Notes: The title comes from Carol Ormand’s Kinematic Vorticity,
which has the same A1 and B2.
--
Luke Donforth
calling.luke(a)gmail.com
<Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
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