Under and Over

Under and Over is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Playford (website) in 1652 in The Dancing Master, 2nd ed.. It was interpreted by Scott Pfitzinger (website) in 2019. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. It is a USA dance. The minor set lasts 112 bars.

Lead up all a D. forward and back, set and turn S That again First cu. meet and back, turn once and an half by both hands; Set each to the 2. and go back, turn by both hands Do this to the last, the rest following.

Sides all, set and turn S That again The 1. and 2. on each side hands and go back, meet & cross over, take hands behind you, go half round into each others plaecs Do thus to the last

Arms all, set and turn S That again First cu. meet, fall back, and fall to the 2. place, cross over between the 2. cu. Do thus to the last, the rest following.

This is a dance with three parts, punctuated by up-a-double/siding/arming figures. Each part is a short duple minor longways dance. In Playford's day each of these would probably be run until everyone was back to places. I only run them twice each.

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 transcriptions and interpretations of Playford dances found on http://playforddances.com/ from the various editions of The Dancing Master are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
An online description of the dance may be found here.

Up a double

A1	1-4	Up a Double, and back
	5-8	Partner set and turn single
A2	1-4	That again: Up a Double, and back
	5-8	Set and turn single

Part 1 repeats 2 times

B1	1-4	1s in a double and back
	5-8	1s two hand turn once and a half
B2	1-4	1s set to the 2s and return to place
	5-8	Neighbor two hand turn once and a half

Siding

A1	1-4	Right Siding
	5-8	Partner set and turn single
A2	1-4	Left Siding
	5-8	Partner set and turn single

Part 2 repeats 2 times

B	1-4	Taking hands, fall back with neighbor, cross over to stand back to back
	5-8	Taking hands in a circle, facing out, circle clockwise halfway and go to progressed places

Arming

A1	1-4	Right Arming
	5-8	Partner set and turn single
A2	1-4	Left Arming
	5-8	Partner set and turn single

Part 3 repeats 2 times

B	1-4	1s in a double and fall back
	5-6	1s cross inside and move down as the 2s move up outside
	7-8	1s partner change

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Lead up all a D. forward and back, set and turn S That again	First cu. meet and back, turn once and an half by both hands; Set each to the 2. and go back, turn by both hands Do this to the last, the rest following.

Sides all, set and turn S That again	The 1. and 2. on each side hands and go back, meet & cross over, take hands behind you, go half round into each others plaecs Do thus to the last

Arms all, set and turn S That again	First cu. meet, fall back, and fall to the 2. place, cross over between the 2. cu. Do thus to the last, the rest following.