Haste to the Wedding ~ Sharp #1 is an English Country Dance. It is a traditional dance with no clear origin. It was interpreted by Cecil Sharp (website) in 1909. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
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.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
A1 | 1-8 | W1 moves down the inside and falls back to place as M1 casts down outside |
A2 | 1-8 | 1s raise both arms above their heads, turning completely round (ccw), then W1 casts down outside and falls back to place as M1 moves down inside |
B | 1-8 | 1s lead down, turn and lead back |
C | 1-8 | 1s+2s partner swing, counter-clockwise around each other to progress |
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The dance is out of copyright in the US, but I'm not sure of other jurisdictions. The interpretation is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2020 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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