Director, The
Introduction
Choreography
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Music
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Author:
Michael Barraclough (Nov 2010)
Formation:
Longways duple improper
Music:
Specific tune - The Director by Jon Berger, 2010 (E/D, 3/2, 104bpm)
A1
1-2
Balance in & out (step right, left, right - left, right, left in even time)
3-4
Star right
5-6
Star left
7-8
Men change places by orbiting counter-clockwise while ladies change with a left-hand turn ½ and fall back (end all holding left hands)
A2
1-2
Balance in & out (step left, right, left - right, left, right in even time)
3-4
Star left
5-6
Star right
7-8
Ladies change places by orbiting clockwise while men change with a right-hand turn ½ and fall back (all home now)
B1
1
(Face neighbor and take adjacent hand with partner) gravevine right (step right, left behind, right)
2-3
Couples change, men leading partner clockwise
4
Grapevine left (step left, right behind, left)
5-8
(As couples, still holding partner's adjacent hand) back-to-back
B2
1
(Face neighbor and still holding adjacent hand with partner) gravevine left (step left, right behind, left)
2-3
Couples change, men leading partner counter-clockwise
4
Gravevine right (step right, left behind, right; let go hands at end, all back home)
5-6
Circular hey (two changes, no hands, pass partner right to start)
7-8
Partner allemande right ½ (end holding hands in next star)
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
1
Start holding hands in a right-hand star
2
The dance was won in an auction at the 2010 BACDS Family Dance. John Berger won the prize and wrote the tune. Kalia Kliban (John;s wife was the camp Director.
3
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