Harvard Assembly
Introduction
Author:
Victor Skowronski (2010)
Source:
Victor Skowronski
Formation:
Longways 3-couple set
Music:
Specific tune - Contradance #4, K 462 (Mozart)
Choreography
C1 1-2: The second couple leads up the center while the first couple casts to second place. 3-4: Lines fall back a double. 5-6: Lines come forward. 7-8: All set to partner. C2 1-4: All circle left halfway. 5-6: All pass partner right shoulder. 7-8: All turn single left.
A1
1-4
Partner left-hand turn
5-8
Center couple (lady up, man down) circle with the end couples
A2
1-4
Partner right-hand turn
5-8
Center couple (man up, lady down) circle with the end couples
B1
1-8
Heys on each side (top lady and bottom man cast out to start)
B2
1-8
Heys at each end (center lady up, pass top man left, center man down, pass bottom lady left)
C1
1-2
Center couple lead up while top couple cast down (one place)
3-4
(Take hands on each side) lines back a double
5-6
Lines forward a double
7-8
Set right & left (in place)
C4
1-4
Circle left ½
5-6
Pass partner right
7-8
Turn single left
© Victor Skowronski, 2010
Notes
Notes
1
John says "Mozart wrote quite a few contradances, although they are not generally played today. I believe that the contradance form was a European version of the English country dance. This dance was written for a string quartet whose members played at the dance in Harvard Square and were to perform at the advanced dance in Brookline."
Music
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