Neat, Mr. John is an English Country Dance. It was devised by Nathaniel Kynaston in about 1718 and published in Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1718. It was interpreted by Andrew Shaw in 2000 and published in Mr. Kynaston's Famous Dance. 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 48 bars.
The 1st. cu. change place, set, and cast off below the 2d. cu. then change as before, cast off below the 3d. cu. the 1st. cu. go the whole figure contrary sides; set, and cast up above the 3d. cu. and turn in the 2d. cu. place proper the 1st. man go the Hay with the 3d. cu. the 1st. wo. (at the same time) go the Hay with the 2d. cu. the 1st. cu. lead up a breast with the 2d. cu. slip up to the top, and cast off
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: hand turn (allemande), set, cast, lead, hey, mirror hey, hey for three, lead and cast, siding (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.
If you wish to link to this animation please see my comments on the perils of youtube. You may freely link to this page, of course, and that should have no problems, but use one of my redirects when linking to the youtube video itself:
https://www.upadouble.info/redirect.php?id=NeatMrJohn
The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2000 by Andrew Shaw. 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.
This website is copyright © 2021,2022,2023,2024 by George W. Williams V
My work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Most of the dances have more restrictive licensing, see my notes on copyright, the individual dance pages should mention when some rights are waived.