[Bg-dance] Our own dance booklet
Tim McDaniel
tmcd at panix.com
Thu Mar 31 13:02:38 PDT 2011
I haven't gone looking for existing books or booklets in the wild,
except for a few dances. But I did get to detailed Lull Me Beyond
Thee instructions in at least two sites, though not the way I
reconstructed it.
So some of this stuff may be out there already.
In general, off the top of my head, I see several different possible
documents based on what you want:
- aide memoire after you know the dance. "Right, this is setty-turny
... oh, and the heys in the third chorus are handed". The
Terpsichore booklet is good for this, if it has the dance.
- instructions for how to do it, when you're familiar with the genre.
"As many couples as will lined up facing the presence.
Up a double and back. That again.
First corners exchange. Second corners exchange.
Four hands around one full turn."
- instructions, when you need to know what a continenza is.
(Mnemonic that Philip White gave me at Terp:
"In a 15th C continenza, your hips make a short frowny face.
In the 16th C, your hips are a wide smile." Perronnelle,
if you disagree, take it up with him.)
Terp can help some with that, with the step listings at the end of
the 15th C and 16th C Italian sections.
Meeting about to start so I must rush.
- local customs / variations we know about
- decisions: _why_ did the reconstructor or local custom do this
I hope to get an A&S paper out of this for LullMBT.
What's the purpose for this document in this case?
Dankyn de Lincoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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