Hoop't Petticoat

Hoop't Petticoat is an English Country Dance. It was published by John & William Neal in 1726 in A Choice Collection of Country Dances. It was interpreted by Rich Jackson & George Fogg in 1990. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.

The Neals write:

1st ma: sett to 2d wo: & each turn single 1st wo: & 2d ma: ye same:
1st cu: lead thro' 2d cu:each going round their sex to their own places 2d cu: ye same:
1st ma: & 2d wo:change places, & 1st wo: & 2nd ma: ye same, then right & left half:
1st cu: lead up & 2d cu: ye same at ye same time, then all 4 face ye bottom of ye room & 2d cu: lead down & 1st cu: ye same at ye same time, 1st cu: cast off into 2d cu:place:

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, turn single, cast, lead, rights and lefts, lead and cast (and probably others).

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1990 by Rich Jackson & George Fogg. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2023 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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