Table of Contents
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| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Among the Cheviot Hills |  | John Cahill 2016
|  | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 | ||||||||||
Antic Hay
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C
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Sunshine |  | Gary Roodman 2018
| Cilantrio | Duple Minor |
| Cannock Chase | | Charles Bolton 1991
| Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 312 |
| Crossing Corryvreckan | | Gerry & Jean McGuire ~2016
| | Triple Minor |
G
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation | |||||||||||||||
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Grimstock
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Grunion Run
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J
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackey Tarr | | Thomas Wilson 1816
| Colin Hume | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
K
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsterne Gardens | | John Young 1726 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Ball 
| Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
L
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Land of Enchantment | | Dianne Wilson 2006
| | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| Land of Mist and Wonder | | Gary Roodman 2018
| Cilantrio | 4 Couple Longways permutation: 3142 |
P
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William | | Walsh 1731 Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Ball 
| Bare Necessities | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
S
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starry Night | | Bob Harmon 2008
| | Triple Minor |
W
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Webmaster | | Melissa Running 2018
| | Triple Minor |
| Winter Solstice | | Wendy Crouch 1988
| Bare Necessities | Custom permutation: 53412 |
| Number of dances | Number of versions | Number with music |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 19 | 10 |
Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.
Mirror Heys
Also known as: Reflection Reels, Grimstock Hey.
Bars: 8 bars for a full straight hey with 3 or 4 dancers.
In a mirror hey the men usually do a right shoulder hey on the sides, while the women do a left shoulder hey. This means the men and women are mirroring each other. When a woman comes into the center, so does her partner, when she moves away from the center, so does her partner. People often take hands with partners when they are in the center. In the most common version of a mirror hey, the 1s lead down between the 2s who move out.
In a Morris Mirror Hey the men pass left shoulders and the women right. In this version, the 1s cast out while the 2s lead up.
In latter half of the 18th century many dances started with the 1s crossing into a mirror hey on opposite sides, and then crossing again when they got back to the top to dance another mirror reel on their own sides.
Some people call this a Grimstock hey. I find this slightly confusing myself, because, although Grimstock does contain a mirror hey, it also contains two others.
History
Trenchmore from the Lovelace MS may be the first example of a mirror hey:
They shall weave apace bethwene the man, and woeman, one on the one side, and the other on the other, and having weaved downe to the bottome the alone shall turne and then weave up agayne to theire places, and turne both forewards, and backwards;
Though this may be just a mirror figure eight on the sides
However Playford's version of this same dance (from 1652) is clearer (and different):
First cu. go down under the 2. cu. arms, the 3. cu. come up under the first. Do this forward and back
Though this seems to be a dip and dive variant.
While Playford's Adson's Saraband, 1651, is exactly what is meant by a mirror hey:
First cu. go down betwixt the second, they coming up, the third comes up between the first, then the second come to their places between the third
See Also
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