Dianna's Dance Manual
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Most of the links below describe various Scottish Country Dancing steps, figures, formations.
Many of the Scottish Country Dances done today date back hundreds of years. Most of these are done in “sets” of four couples. In a “set” you stand across from your partner, all the “men” on one side in a line and all the “women” on another side in a line (the men have their left shoulder to the music and the women their right shoulder). The music is set up at one end of the room and this is the top or head or “up” and the opposite direction is the bottom or foot or “down.” There are three types of music, two fast tempo (reels and jigs) and one slower tempo (strathspeys). There are five basic steps: skip change, pas de basque, slip step, strathspey traveling step and strathspey setting step. (see link below for more info on steps). There are about twenty basic figures, including such things as joining hands in a circle, wheels or right hands across, dancing down the center of the set and back up, and dancing down behind your own line (casting). (see link below for more info on figures). |
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- Scottish Country Dancing and More
- Steps, Figures, Formations - list of
- Steps described
- Figures described (and seebelow for more links)
- Biblical Quotes Relating to Dance
- The Unwritten Rules of Scottish Country Dancing by Mel Briscoe
- Dance Links for some dances and/or indexes published on the internet
- Dallas SCD Figures Page
- STEP THROUGH A DANCE OR COMPOSE ONE FOR YOURSELF (Felix Hamelbeck's site) - really neat! with diagrams!
- Evolution of Country Dance (Stirling Branch)
- Scottish, English, Ceilidh and Contra Dancing - Houston Community College, July 2001
- Dallas SCD Glossary
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