Scottish Country Dancing and More Newsletter


Steps, Figures, Formations

* = used in only a few dances

STEPS:
(for animated examples of steps see website at:
http://www.accesscom.com/~reellass/scd/funstuff/step1gif.html

Reels/Jigs:
Skip change / Slip step / Pas de Basque /*Running step

Strathspeys: Strathspey travelling step / Strathspey setting Step /*Highland Schottishche /* Glasgow Highlander Step
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FIGURES:

Advance & Retire

Allemande (2 cpl / 3 cpl / 4 cpl)

Back to Back

Balance in Line

* Birl (or Bourrel)

Bow and Curtsey

Casting

Corner Formations: turn corners and partner / corner chain / set to and turn corners / set to corners

Cross Over

*Crown Triangles

Double Triangles (reversing double triangles)

*En Rond

*Espagnole

Figure of Eight

Grand Chain

Hands Across (wheels, 3 hands - teapots)

Hands Round (circles - 4, 6, 8 hands round, 1/2)

*Knot (variations: Kiwi Knot, Slip Knot)

*La Barette

Ladies Chain

*Men's Chain

Lead Down the Middle and Up

*Peerie

Petronella (in tamdem)

*Philabeg

Poussette: for 3 and 4 cpls / in round the room dances /
all around (strathspey), 1/2 round (S) /
*highland schottische poussette

Promenade: 2 cpl / 3 cpl / 4 cpl / followed by cast off 2, 3 cpl

Reels:

Reels of 4 - across the dance / on the side / 1/2 / diagonal

Reels of 3 - across the dance / on the side, mirror, parrallel/ 1/2 crossover reels, Inveran reels / after set and turn corners / after set to corners / after set to corners and partner / after turn corners and partner / Schiehallion

Rights and Lefts: 2 cpl, 3 cpl, 1/2

*Rondel

*Roulette

*Set and Link (for 2, for 3)

Setting (singly; 3 and 3 across; 2, 3, 4 on sides)

*Set and Rotate

*Spoke

*Spurtle

Stepping Up and Down

*Swirl

*Targe

*The Tourbillon

*Tournee
(For animated diagram of the tournee see: http://www.accesscom.com/~reellass/scd/funstuff/animgif.html
Turns - once round (rt hand/lf hand 2 bars, 4 bars, 1/2, 1 1/2, one hand, two hands)

*Whirligig

A thank you to Richard Walker for help completing this list.