At the risk of stating the obvious, I haven't seen my go-to basic contra corners dance in this thread yet, so I'll mention Kathy Anderson's "Labor of Love" <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10545>, an alternating CC dance that's about as simple as you can get. Replace the box the gnat with a half figure eight, and it becomes Jim Kitch's "Alternating Corners", which holds a similar spot in my repertoire.
And, if you wanna get wild and do *all four corners *(and can handle a trickier dance and have a band willing to play AABBCC tunes), check out Jeremy Korr's "Utah Reel" <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14600>. Cheers, Maia (Brooklyn, NY) -- Maia McCormick (she/her) 917.279.8194 On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM John Sweeney via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Abbie, > > Microchasmic is great. > > > > My latest Contra Corners dance is: > > Knightrider Contra Corners (by John Sweeney) > > Sicilian Circle (or Longways – depends on how many dancers and the shape > of the room); Three Facing Three (no gender) > > > > A1: Lines of Three Go Forward & Back; All: Opposite Dosido > > A2: First Long Corners Dosido; Second Long Corners Dosido > > B1: Middles Turn Contra Corners – as they finish go forwards to form > circles of three with their original partners > > B2: Polka Swing: Circle Left while moving CCW around the other trio to > face a new line – open out with someone else in the middle > > > > You can see the Polka Swing in the dance at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xdpJOdp58 – one way of doing it is: as > each dancer reaches the outside they stand still momentarily and swing the > other dancers around; the end result is that you feel like you are on the > Waltzers at the fun-fair! > > > > A2 gives the non-Contra Corners dancers something to do! > > > > It has been going down well when I have called it recently. > > > > Happy dancing, > > John > > > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 > 940 574 > > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > > > > *From:* Abbie Sorg via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* 12 September 2024 23:42 > *To:* Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Callers] Contra corners recommendations needed > > > > Any suggestions on contra corners dances? None have been called at our > local dance for years now, and I want to try and re-introduce the move. > I've been calling for a few years and think it's a good time to try, but I > haven't collected any contra corners dances yet so I'd like to start with > something as straightforward as possible. > > > > Chorus Jig seems like the natural choice, but I noticed that > basically every video I could find of it uses the same tune. How rigid is > this tradition? What if the band doesn't have this in their repertoire? > Will the contra police raid the dance hall if I call this choreography to a > different tune? > > > > Abbie Sorg > > Tucson, AZ > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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