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

==Steps and Movements Used==

* [[Double]]s left and right back ('''DL''' and '''DRb''')
* [[Hey]] ('''Hey''')
* [[Cast off]]
* [[Side slip]]

==Choreography==

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This dance starts with any number of couples facing up the hall, in a line one after the other, but is best performed with three or four couples.

===First Verse===

:All perform a double forward, then a double backwards. Repeat this.

DL, DRb<br>
DL, DRb

===First Chorus===

:All cast of, following the head of each line, such that the lines end up in reverse order. The leaders, who are now at the bottom, cast off again, with the rest of the lines following, so that everybody is now in their original position.

===Second Verse===

:Following the first man, the men progress around the women until they are halfway around (in the time it takes to do two doubles). They then turn around and go back to their places.

===Second Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Third Verse===

:Following the first woman, the women progress around the men until they are halfway around (in the time it takes to do two doubles). They then turn around and go back to their places.

===Third Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Fourth Verse===

:Following the first man, the men progress around the women in a complete circle back to their places.

===Fourth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Fifth Verse===

:Following the first woman, the women progress around the men in a complete circle back to their places.

===Fifth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Sixth Verse===

:Men join hands in a circle and perform eight side slips left, then eight side slips right.

===Sixth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Seventh Verse===

:Women join hands in a circle and perform eight side slips left, then eight side slips right.

===Seventh Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Eighth Verse===

:Everybody joins hands in a circle and perform eight side slips left, then eight side slips right.

===Eighth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Ninth Verse===

:Men perform a hey.

===Ninth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Tenth Verse===

:Women perform a hey.

===Tenth Chorus===

:As first chorus.

===Eleventh Verse===

:Everybody performs a circular hey.

===Eleventh Chorus===

:As first chorus.

==External links==

* [http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/092small.html Instructions from the 1651 edition]
* [http://www.sca.org.au/del/ddb/sections/english_country_dance14.html Reconstruction from Del's dance book]

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