Jamaica ~ Playford Ball
Jamaica ~ Playford Ball is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1670 in The Dancing Master, 4th ed.. It was interpreted by The Playford Ball in 1994 and published in The Playford Ball. Found in The Playford Ball. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 16 bars.
Playford writes:
The first man take his wo. by the right hand, then by the left, and so holding hands change places, then do the same to the 2. wo. the 1. wo. and 2 man do the same Then fall back from your own, the 1. cu. being in the 2. cu. place, go the Figure of 8 Do this to the last.
The 1. man take hands with the 2. wo. and turn her round, the 1. wo. and 2 man do as much Then the two men take hands, and the two we. take hands, and turn once and an half, then turn your own Do this to the last.
The tune was published with the dance, and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume's software.
The animation plays at 107 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 (no music plays during this slow set). 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), figure eight (and probably others).
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1994 by The Playford Ball. 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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