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Boat-man

2006-02-24T13:09:14Z

69.72.66.186: /* First Verse */ corrected feet for doubles

'''Boat man''' is a [[dance]] from [[Playford's Dancing Master]].

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s forward, with left and right ('''DL''' and '''DR'''), and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
* [[Set and Turn]] left and right ('''STL''' and '''STR''')
* [[Hey]]
* [[Turn your own]]
* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
* [[Arms]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')

==Choreography==

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This dance starts with three couples facing up the hall, one after the other.

===First Verse===

:Holding customary hands with partners, do a double forward, then a double back again. Set and Turn left. Repeat to the other side.

DL, DRb 
STL 
DR, DLb 
STR 

===First Chorus===

The first couple and the second man perform a hey with each other. This hey starts with the first couple taking right hands. While this is happening the third couple and second woman also perform a hey. This hey starts with the third couple taking right hands.

Each couple then turns their own.

The first couple and the second woman perform a hey with each other. This hey starts with the first couple taking left hands. While this is happening the third couple and second man also perform a hey. This hey starts with the third couple taking left hands.

Each couple then turns their own.

===Second Verse===

:Couples side by the right with each other; set and Turn left. Repeat to the other side.

SdR 
STL 
SdL 
STR 

===Second Chorus===

The first couple and the second man take hands in a circle and go half way around. At the same time, the third couple and the second woman take hands in a circle and go half way around. This will leave the men on the right hand side and the women on the left, and everyone will have new partners.

Each couple then turns their own.

The first couple and the second woman take hands in a circle and go half way around. At the same time, the third couple and the second man take hands in a circle and go half way around. This will leave the men on the left hand side and the women on the right, and everyone will have new partners.

Each couple then turns their own.

===Third Verse===

:Couples arm by the right with each other. Set and Turn left. Repeat to the other side.

AR 
STL 
AL 
STR 

===Third Chorus===

The first and last man and second woman all take hands and go around in a full circle.

The second couple turn each other.

The first and last woman and second man all take hands and go around in a full circle.

The second couple turn each other.

==Music==

The music is usually played through three times.

==External links==

* [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/011small.html Facsimile of the 1651 instructions]

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English Country Dance

2006-02-24T13:07:02Z

69.72.66.186: small tweaks

'''English Country Dance''' is the common name for [[dance]]s propagated by [[John Playford]] and later his sons and other heirs in the book titled ''[[Playford's Dancing Master|The English Dancing Master]]'' (later renamed to ''The Dancing Master''). This style of dancing evolved in [[England]], and eventually spread to [[France]] and [[Germany]] and later to the [[New World]], and even [[Australia]]. Bush dances such as ''Strip the Willow'' are included in later editions of ''The English Dancing Master''.

It was published in 1651 and is theoretically outside of the [[SCA]] [[period]] but is commonly done in the [[SCA]] anyway. English Country Dance can be classified as early [[Baroque Dance]] rather than [[Renaissance Dance]], although it is not clear that the dances in The English Dancing-Master are more closely allied to most Baroque dances than to Renaissance dances. There are references to dances with some of the same names as those of Playford before 1600, although from the description of a couple of these it is clear that the dance was significantly different from those later printed by Playford.

Many of these dances are somewhat similar in form, often being for formations of two, three, or four couples, often consisting of what many modern teachers call a verse-and-chorus structure. The three "verse" sections are typically leading forward and back or circling two doubles around in the first verse, [[sides]] in the second, and [[arms (dance)|arms]] in the third. However, this is at best a general guideline.

There is also the '''[[Morris dance]]''', (originally ''[[Moor]]ish'') reputedly brought back during the [[Crusades|Crusading]] period, danced by small groups of men, bearing [[bell]]s, sticks, handerchiefs and the like, and frequently alleged to have been linked to certain [[England|English]] [[pagan]] [[tradition]]s. See ([[mundane]]ly) the works (''passim'') of '''[[wikipedia:Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett]]''', and accounts of the Helston Furry Dance, and the Padstow May Dance.

== Some English country dances ==

* '''[[Dances from Playford|List of dances from Playford]]'''

== External Links ==

* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/ Del's Dance Book], contains many English Country Dance reconstructions with their music.
* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html Transcription of the first edition of The English Dancing Master].

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Aridan Branle

2006-02-24T13:02:29Z

69.72.66.186: expanded abbr.: "bu" to "burg"

Burgundian Branle

2006-02-24T12:59:42Z

69.72.66.186: expanded abbr.: "bu" to "burg", for readability, qualified "easy" description

A tabulation for the '''Burgundian [[branle]]''' is found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]]. This tabulation is used as one of the [[quatre branles]]. However the fact that some pieces of music titles ''Burgundian Branle'' are of irregular form seems to indicate that the Burgundian Branles may have been a class of Branles rather than just the simple dance that Arbeau describes. Arbeau also says that the ''Branles of Burgundy'' are sometimes also referred to as the ''Branles of Champagne''.

==Steps Used==

* [[Burgundian Double Left]] ('''DLburg''')
* [[Burgundian Double Right]] ('''DRburg''')

These steps are like the ordinary double left and double right except that instead ending up with feet together, the free foot swings forward in the air.

==Choreography==

As with most branles, this dance is performed in a line of people holding hands or, if enough people are present, a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired into partners.

This is reputedly the third easiest dance in the world.

===Verse===

DLburg DRburg 
''Repeat''

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{{Branles}}

War Branle

2006-02-24T12:55:58Z

69.72.66.186: change link: "saut"

Saut majeur

2006-02-24T12:54:02Z

69.72.66.186: redirect to new, expanded article at "saut"

#REDIRECT[[Saut]]

Saut moyen

2006-02-24T12:52:11Z

69.72.66.186: redirect to "saut"

#REDIRECT[[Saut]]

Saut

2006-02-24T12:51:03Z

69.72.66.186: initial version, incorporating text adapted from "saut majeur"

A '''saut''', as defined in [[Orchesography]], is a jump, in which both feet are elevated from the ground at the same time. The definition emphasizes the position with elevated feet, which seems to imply that when the petit saut is referred to in step descriptions what is being described is mainly the moment of elevation, and does not necessarily refer to the landing or to the rising action that causes the saut.

Jumps are often categorized by their size in dance instructions.

==Petit saut==
This describes a step that is accomplished via a small jump. [[Arbeau]] gives the example of moving from [[pieds joints]] (feet flat, heels together) to [[grève droite]] (kick with the right). You could shift your weight to the left foot and then kick, but it is more lively (and arguably easier to balance) to rise momentarily from the left foot, repositioning it on the floor as you do the kick with the right foot; that is a very small jump. The petit saut is assumed by default to occur when you make such a step with one foot moving in the air, and is usually not included in dance tabulations

==Saut majeur==
The '''saut majeur''' is a large jump, with a much higher elevation than the petit saut. This kind of jump is more visible, takes more time, and is notated as a dance step in its own right, for example in the [[galliard]].

==Saut moyen==
The '''saut moyen''' is a jump of moderate size, regarded as similar to a saut majeur but smaller. It is done in the [[tourdion]]

Scottish Branles

2006-02-24T12:20:17Z

69.72.66.186: reconsidered implications of link to "saut majeur" article

The '''Scottish [[Branle]]s''' (''Branles d'Ecosse'') are found in [[Orchesography]] by [[Thoinot Arbeau]], which contains two Scottish branles; these were supposed to be the first two in a suite. There are a couple of pieces by [[Estienne du Tertre]] with the same title, but they are said not to fit these choreographies.

==Steps Used==

* [[Double left crossing]] ('''DLx''')
* [[Double right crossing]] ('''DRx''')
* [[Single left crossing]] ('''SLx''')
* [[Single right crossing]] ('''SRx''')
* [[Pied en l'air gauche]] or kick left ('''KL''')
* [[Pied en l'air droit]] or kick right ('''KR''')
* [[Saut]] or jump ('''J''')
* [[Capriole]] ('''Cap''')

==Choreography==

As with most branles, these dances are performed in a line of people holding hands or (if enough people are present) a circle. It is not necessary for the dancers to be paired with partners.

===First Scottish Branle===

DLx DRx 
SLx SRx 
Repeat

===Second Scottish Branle===

DLx SRx SLx DRx

DLx SRx 
KR KL KR J with Cap

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{{Branles}}

Grimstock

2006-02-24T11:58:21Z

69.72.66.186: Various changes; more exact & complete explanation, etc.

'''Grimstock''' is a dance from [[Playford's Dancing Master]].

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s forward by the left foot and the right ('''DL''' and '''DR'''), and back ('''DLb''' and '''DRb''')
* [[Set and Turn]] left and right ('''STL''' and '''STR''')
* [[Hey]]
* [[Sides]] ('''SdR''' and '''SdL''')
* [[Arms]] ('''AR''' and '''AL''')

==Choreography==

[[image:longsix.PNG]]

This dance is done by three couples in line along the hall; when they face up the hall the men are on the left and the women are on the right.

===First Verse===

:Facing up and holding hands with partners, do a double forward, then a double back again. Turning to face partners, do a set and turn left. Repeat, but this time set and turn right.

DL, DRb 
STL 
DR, DLb 
STR

===First Chorus===

:Men do a hey while the women do a hey in mirror image of them, beginning with the first man and woman passing down the middle between the second man and woman.

===Second Verse===

:Couples do sides by the right with partners, then set and turn left. Repeat the other way.

SdR 
STL 
SdL 
STR

===Second Chorus===

:Do the figure from the first chorus, but this time taking hands, as follows: First couple face down, join inside hands, and lead down under the second couple's arms as the second couple faces up, joins inside hands, and goes up the outside past the first; continue this action with the third couple joining hands and leading under the first couple's hands, etc., each couple changing hands at either end of the line, and the couple at the end always leading under the next couple's arms, until all have returned to their original places.

===Third Verse===

:Couples do arms by the right arm with each other, then set and turn left. Repeat the other way.

AR 
STL 
AL 
STR

===Third Chorus===

:As the first chorus, except that the first man and woman cross over at the beginning to hey with each others' lines, and cross over again when they reach the bottom.

==External Links==

*[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/021small.html Instructions from 1651 edition of Playford]
*[http://sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/english_country_dance13.html Reconstruction from Del's dance book]

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