Millison's Jigg ~ Williams
Millison's Jigg ~ Williams is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1651 in The English Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2021. It is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 231. It is a USA dance. The minor set lasts 72 bars. It is in the key: D Major.
Lead up all a D. forwards and back That again First man take his wo. by both hands and four slips up, and stand, the 2. as much, the 3. as much, turn all S Third Cu. four slips down, the 2. as much, first as much turn all single Sides all That again First Cu. change places, the 2. as much, 3. as much, turn S. Third Cu. change places, the 2. as much, first as much turn all single Arms all That again First man change places with the 2. wo. first wo. change with 2. the last change with his own, turn S. First man change with the last wo. first wo. change with the last man, tother change turn single
The tune was published with the dance, and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume's software.
The animation plays at 113 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 dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
| I.A1 | 1-4 | Up a double and back |
| I.A2 | 1-4 | Up a Double, back (again) |
| I.B1 | 1-2 | 1st couple, join hands, sashay up 4 steps |
| 3-4 | 2nd couple, the same | |
| 5-6 | 3rd couple, the same | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right | |
| I.B2 | 1-2 | 3rd couple, join hands, move down 4 steps to place |
| 3-4 | 2nd couple, the same | |
| 5-6 | 1st couple, the same | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right | |
| II.A1 | 1-4 | Right shoulder siding |
| II.A2 | 1-4 | Left shoulder siding |
| II.B1 | 1-2 | 1s partner change |
| 3-4 | 2s partner change | |
| 5-6 | 3s partner change | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right | |
| II.B2 | 1-2 | 3s partner change |
| 3-4 | 2s partner change | |
| 5-6 | 1s partner change | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right | |
| III.A1 | 1-4 | Arm right |
| III.A2 | 1-4 | Arm left |
| III.B1 | 1-2 | M1+W2 change |
| 3-4 | W1+M2 | |
| 5-6 | 3s partner change | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right | |
| III.B2 | 1-2 | M1+W3 change |
| 3-4 | W1+M3 | |
| 5-6 | 2s partner change | |
| 7-8 | All turn single right |
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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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2021 by George Williams. And is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 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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