Finding Your Balance
Introduction
Author:
John Sweeney
Formation:
Longways duple improper
Music:
32-bar lively jigs
Choreography
A1
1-4
Neighbor right-hand balance forward & back and pull by (face partner)
5-8
Partner left-hand balance forward & back and pull by (face neighbor)
A2
1-4
Neighbor right-hand balance forward & back and pull by (face partner)
5-8
Partner left-hand balance forward & back and pull by (end in a ring)
B1
1-2
Balance the ring
3-4
Men change
5-6
Balance the ring
7-8
Ladies change
B2
1-4
Promenade across the set (or right & left through)
5-8
(Left diagonal) yearn
© John Sweeney
Notes
Notes
1
Changes are by the right shoulder, like half a gypsy
2
Yearn: Take your partner's nearest hand, go forward diagonally to meet a new couple and face them; back away to your own side of the set to face them.
3
John says "I designed this as an easy dance for new dancers to get used to going the right way around four changes. The balance means they have a hand to look for and time to re-orientate."
Music
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