Jump

Also known as: Leap, Hop, Caper, Saltation.

Bars: 2.

Many dances call for jumps, hops, leaps, etc. Indeed a latin word for "to dance" is saltatio which also means "to jump".

History

Playford uses "jump" in Althea, 1657, "leap" in Mr. Lane's Maggot, 1695, and "hop" in Granny's Delight, 1702.

John Essex, in For the Further Improvement of Dancing,, 1710, said the dancers should jump at the end of every phrase of music:

As it is ordinary that every figure of a Dance ends at every cadence or end of the Aire, it will be proper to make a small Jump upon both Feet.

In the patter for one of his Square Dance introductions, Lloyd Shaw said:

All jump up and never come down, Swing your honey around and around.

Copyright (C) by Bob Osgood.
Reprinted from Sets in Order, Oct, 1949.

Some dances which (probably) use this figure

• Dances for which I have animations
• Dances in (R)SCDS Books

Note: This list may be incorrect or incomplete.

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