Tavi wrote: "Here's an interesting question:
do 1's still think of
themselves as 1'swhen a dance is becket?"
Not in England, where we don't seem to need the rigmarole of "Hands
four from the top, ones improper. circle left (or right) one place".
We just say "Becket formation". And as other people have noted, the
dancers don't care which way the progression goes - the walkthrough
will show them that if they're bothered.
Colin Hume