17 Apr
2023
17 Apr
'23
5:47 p.m.
This dance looks interesting but I confess I don’t understand it fully. I think the first
gate is with your neighbor, the second with your partner, then robins chain across to your
neighbor (ending across from your partner). Who is the right shoulder around with and how
does that get the robins back to their partner and original side? (Also, in an earlier
answer you referred to an allemande, but I don’t see one.)
Regards,
Russell
On Apr 14, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Louise Siddons via
Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi Jerome (and all),
I have heard the left-petronella referred to as a “retronella” — which may be a useful
search term, and also produces some delight when dancers hear it for the first time.
And although I worry US dancers would rush the gates and therefore find this a bit
unsatisfying (not to mention, no neighbour swing! Which for some dancers is actually a
positive...), I’ve had good feedback here in the UK about my dance, There and Back:
There and Back
Louise Siddons, 2022
Becket
A1 In a ring, balance and spin to the right; gate clockwise on the side (fill the
music!)
A2 In a ring, balance and spin to the left; gate anticlockwise on the side
B1 Chain (Rh; those moving fwd out of the courtesy turn end slightly inside the set and
look right); with the next, right shoulder 'round 1.5
B2 With your partner, balance and swing
Louise.
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