Institutu
Introduction
Author:
Michael Barraclough (2012)
Formation:
Sicilian Circle Improper Mixer
Music:
Specific tune - Moll Peatley The New Way, Dancing Master, 11th edn, 1701 (Dm, 6/8, Barnes: 1/72)
Choreography
A1
1-4
Partner back-to-back
A2
1-4
Partner two-hand turn 1½ (or swing, end facing neighbor)
B1
1-6
Rights and lefts (3 changes, strat neighbor right hand)
7-10
(With the one you meet) swing (ending proper, facing in or out, opposite your partner who will be improper with respect to you)
© Michael Barraclough, 2016
Notes
Notes
1
Music is a 4-bar B repeated followed by a 10-bar B
2
The Sicilian Circle Improper formation is like a normal Sicilian Circle, but you and your partner are swapped over so the lady is on the man's left.
3
This is a variant of The Institute, but with partner interaction to satisfy American sensibilities!
4
The tune is published in "Country Bumpkin" and Other English Country Dances (which also contains The Institute) and is available from the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) Store. There is also a version of the tune in Barnes. Listen to the tune played by Pyewackett!
Music
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