Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ A. Shaw
Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ A. Shaw is an English Country Dance. It was devised by Nathaniel Kynaston in 1710 and published in Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710, London. It was interpreted by Andrew Shaw in about 2015. Originally a Triple Minor this version is a proper 3 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 231. The minor set lasts 32 bars. It is in the key: G minor. Someone thought this dance was Very Hard.
Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.
The first Cu. slip down the middle, and Sett a-cross to the third Cu. then first Man turn the third Wo. and the first Wo. turn the third Man Then Sett a-cross to the 2d Cu. then first Man turn the 2d Man half round, and the first Wo. turn the 2d Wo. at the same Time Then Right-hand and Left round, then turn Partners Proper Then the Man slips between the 2d Cu. and cast off, the first W. at the same Time go between the third Cu. and cast up, then both turn in the 2d Couple's Place
Both Playford and Walsh (Kynaston) published this dance in 1710. I don't have access to Walsh's version. In other cases where the two have published the same dance the descriptions are usually the same, so I provide Playford's text.
As far as I know Andrew Shaw's interpretation has not been published. It may be found on youtube dated 2016.
The tune was published by Playford with the dance. It was performed by the Odd Sundays Garage Band (Judy Linsenberg, Shira Kammen and Patti Cobb). The music is used with permission from the Odd Sundays Garage Band.
The animation plays at 111 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), set, cast, lead, figure eight, rights and lefts (and probably others).
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 © ~2015 by Andrew Shaw. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2022 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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