Hand Gesture

Also known as: Point, Beckon.

Bars: 2.

Occasionally a dance will call for a hand gesture. Pointing, beckoning, waving, saluting (in the modern sense).

History

Walsh has dancers pointing at each other in Her Killing Eyes, 1716.

Thomas Bray uses "beckon" in The Woman's the Man, 1699.

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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