The Constant Lover #2

The Constant Lover #2 is an English Country Dance. It was published by Playford (John Young) (website) in about 1726 in The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.. It was interpreted by Andrew Shaw in 2024 and published in The Irish Howle. It is a proper Triple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 24 bars. It is in the key: D Major.

John Young (Playford family) writes:

Note: Each Strain twice over.
The first Man go the whole Hey with the second and third Men Then the first Woman do the same on the Womens side The first Man lead his Partner round the second Man into the second Couples place, and go Hands a-cross with the third Couple The first Couple Right and Left with the second Couple, then lead up between the second Couple, and go round into the second Couples 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: cast, lead, hands across, hey, mirror hey, circular hey, 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.

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2024 by Andrew Shaw. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2024 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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