The Geud Man of Ballangigh ~ Pat Shaw is an English Country Dance. It was published by Henry Playford (website) in 1696 in The second Part of the Dancing Master, London. It was interpreted by Pat Shaw (website) in 1959 and published in Another Look at Playford. Found in The Playford Ball. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 32 bars.
Note: Each Strain is to be play'd twice over.
The 1. cu lead down between the 2. cu. and cast up into their places, then the 1. man take the 2. man with his right hand and lead through between the two we. and com into their own places.This to the first Strain play'd onceThe 2. cu lead up through the 1. cu. and cast off into their own places, and the 1. wo. and 2. wo. lead through between the two men, and cast off into their own places. This to the first Strain play'd twice The 1. man set to the 2. wo. then fall back and turn S. the 1. wo. do the like to the 2. man, then all four hands half round, then set to your Partners and change to your own sides.
This is almost the same as Sharp's interpretation, except that Shaw has retained the original music. (Sharp has a four bar circle left half and no fall back with neighbor in B2)
The tune was published by Playford with the dance, and the music was synthesized by Colin Hume.
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 (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: set, turn single, circle, cast, lead (and probably others).
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1959 by Pat Shaw. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2019 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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