Doway
Doway is an English Country Dance. It was published by Playford (John Young) (website) in 1718 in The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second, 3rd ed., London. It was interpreted by Bernard Bentley in 1962 and published in The Fallibroome Collection, Vol. 1. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 20 bars.
Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.
The first Couple lead through the second Couple, and cast up Then the second Couple lead through the third Couple, and cast up Then the three first Men and the three first Women go the Hey at the same Time Then the first Couple cast off and turn Hands.
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: hand turn (allemande), cast, lead, hey, parallel hey, hey for three, lead and cast, siding (and probably others).
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1962 by Bernard Bentley. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2021 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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