Red House (Victor's Variant)
Introduction
Author:
Victor Skowronski (2003)
Original:
Red House (Dancing Master Vol I, 1695-1728)
Source:
Victor Skowronski
Formation:
Longways duple proper
Music:
Specific tune - Red House (Dancing Master, 1695-1728)
Choreography
A1
1-4
(Facing partner) forward & back a double
5-6
Set (moving forward)
7-8
2nd corners (positions) cast to progressed place while 1st corners turn single to progressed place
A2
1-4
(Facing partner) forward & back a double
5-6
Set (moving forward)
7-8
2nd corners (positions) cast to progressed place while 1st corners turn single to progressed place
B1
1-8
1st lady, followed by partner, casts below 2nd lady then goes ccw (left shoulder) around 2nd man to progressed place, 2s moving up at the end
B1
1-8
st lady, followed by partner, casts below 2nd lady then goes ccw (left shoulder) around 2nd man to progressed place, 2s moving up at the end
B2
1-8
2nd man, followed by partner, casts below 1st man then goes cw (right shoulder) around 1st lady to progressed place, 1s moving up at the end
C1
1-8
2nd lady heys with the 1s (pass 1st man left to start, return home at end)
C2
1-8
2nd man heys with the 1s (pass 1st lady right to start). At the end of the hey, 2nd corners (positions) move along the side to progressed place while 1st corners turn single inside the set to progressed places
© Victor Skowronski, 2003
Notes
Notes
1
This is not a reconstruction of the original dance (which was reconstructed by Helen & Douglas Kennedy in 1929). Rather, it is an 'adaptation' which, essentially, reverses the male/female and 1st/2nd couple roles and gives the 2s a greater role in the A musics.
2
Here is the original
Music
Red House (Dancing Master Vol I, 1695-1728)
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MAB format:{jd_file file==362}
Original:{jd_file file==417}
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