Atlanta Traffic

This dance represents Atlanta's tendency toward traffic jams. Three Interstates converge in Atlanta, I20 runs east/west, I75 runs southeast/northwest and I85 runs southwest/northeast. In the center of town I85 and I75 share the same roadbed for 7.5 miles. I285 is the circumferential route.

This dance is built around the difficulty Atlantans have in traveling the highways of their city. Each section represents a portion of a daily route.

Bars 1-8, Start the car, take the cloverleaf, and zipper merge into traffic.

Bars 9-12, Weave in and out on I-75.

Bars 13-16, Traffic Jam! Cars stop and reroute.

Bars 17-20, Weave in and out on I-85.

Bars 21-24, Traffic Jam! Cars stop and reroute.

Bars 25-28, Take I-20, and then zipper merge on to I-285.

Bars 29-32, Take I-285 around Atlanta.

If imagining the set as Atlanta from a bird's eye view, the first corner diagonal represents I-75, the second corner digagonal represents I-85, with I-20 crossing horizontally towards the middle. I-285 circles the city.

My experience with Atlanta traffic suggests that the worst jams happen where I75 and I85 share the same roadbed, where switching from one to the other is meaningless. Also south of I20 the traffic is usually clear and there is no point to take it to avoid traffic. But I come in from the north, perhaps the deviser lived on the south side of town...

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dance contains the following figures: set, cast, figure eight, hey, cross go below, double triangle, waltzing turn poussette, (and probably others).

If you find what you believe to be a mistake in this animation, please leave a comment on youtube explaining what you believe to be wrong. If I agree with you I shall do my best to fix it.

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