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A

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Alamand Swiss Alamand Swiss Nancy Shepley ~1795 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Triple Minor Alamand Swiss ~ Duple Nancy Shepley ~1795 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Duple Minor

B

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Barley Mow ~ Hume		Thompson 1779 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Black Dance ~ Straight and Skillern		Straight and Skillern 1775 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor
La Buona Figuiliola		Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor

C

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Captain Cook's Country Dance		Corri, Dussek, & Co. 1797		Duple Minor
The Christmas Tale The Christmas Tale ~ Hume Thompson 1778 Colin Hume Triple Minor The Christmas Tale ~ Hume/Old Style Thompson 1778 Colin Hume Triple Minor The Christmas Tale ~ Williams Thompson 1778 George Williams 2023 Colin Hume Duple Minor
Cotillion Changes		Thomas Hurst 1769 George Williams 2024		Square

D

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Ding Dong Bell		Thompson 1791 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor
The Disbanded Officer The Disbanded Officer Thompshon 1787 George Williams 2023 Duple Minor The Disbanded Officer Thompshon 1787 George Williams 2023 Triple Minor
The Duchess's Slipper ~ Williams		Longman & Broderip 1790 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
The Duke of Kent's Waltz ~ Hume		W.M. Cahusac 1801 Colin Hume 2017	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

F

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Festival		Longman & Broderip 1790 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor
Le Fete da Village		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Le Fete du Village		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Free Mason ~ Hume		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

H

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hamiltonian The Hamiltonian Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022 Triple Minor The Hamiltonian ~ Duple Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022 Duple Minor
The Haughs of Cromdale ~ Wilson		Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
He's aye a Kissing Me		Thompson 1778 Colin Hume ~2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Herefordshire Lasses		Longman, Lukey & Co. 1772 Pat Shaw ~1965		Duple Minor

I

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Irish Wash Woman Irish Wash Woman Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Colin Hume Triple Minor Irish Wash Woman ~ Duple Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Colin Hume Duple Minor

J

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jackey Tarr Jackey Tarr Thomas Wilson 1816 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 Jackey Tarr ~ Duple Thomas Wilson 1816 George Williams 2021 Colin Hume Duple Minor
Jockey to the Fair ~ Bolton		Anonymous, (New Hampshire) ~1790 Charles Bolton 1997		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

L

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
L'Allegrante		Dale ~1800 Colin Hume 2019	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Lady Amelia Murray's Choice Lady Amelia Murray's Choice Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022 Triple Minor Lady Amelia Murray's Choice ~ Duple Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022 Duple Minor
Lady Jean Murray's Dance		Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor
Lord Nelson's Waltz		William Campbell ~1799 Regency Dances		Duple Minor

M

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Marchioness of Blandford's Reel ~ Williams		William Campbell ~1795 George Williams 2023		Duple Minor
Marli Water Works		Matthew Welch 1767 Pat Shaw 1963	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Devon's Reel		D. Mackenzie 1795 George Williams 2024		Duple Minor
Morpeth Rant Morpeth Rant Thomas Wilson 1816 Pat Shaw ~1965 Colin Hume Triple Minor Morpeth Rant ~ 3 Couple Thomas Wilson 1816 Pat Shaw ~1965 Colin Hume 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

N

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Newport Assembly		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	2 Couple Longways

P

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Prince's Favourite		Dale ~1800 Colin Hume 2020	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Push about the Jorum ~ Bride		Bride 1775 George Williams 2023		Triple Minor

R

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Rosetta		Thompson 1778 George Williams 2025	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

S

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Savage Dance		Dale ~1800 Colin Hume 2020	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Sir Roger de Coverley ~ Wilson		Thompson ~1770 Thomas Wilson 1808		Longways as many as will permutation: 23451
Soldier's Joy Soldier's Joy ~ Duple Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Duple Minor Soldier's Joy ~ Willcox Asa Willcox 1793 Kate van Winkle Keller & Ralph Sweet 1976 Triple Minor
La Sophie		d'Aubat de St. Flour ~1757		Square

T

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Trip to Castle Howard ~ Hume		Thompson 1775 Colin Hume 2025		Triple Minor
Trip to Dunkirk		Cahusac 1794 Thomas Knuth 2023		Duple Minor

W

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Walton		Hezekiah Cantelo 1785 George Williams 2022		Duple Minor

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
37	46	19

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.

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Linked-Arm Allemande

Also known as: Turn in Tullock Hold, Turn in Hullachan Hold.

Bars: 4.

In this style of Allemande, partners stand right shoulder to right, facing in opposite directions, they interlace their right arms, and put their left hands behind their backs, taking their partner's right hand in their left, and so linked turn around in a small circle.

History

The Regency Dance Site has a nice paper giving the history of the allemande in English dancing.

Nicholas Dukes does not define allemande in his book of Country Dance figures, published 1752.

The earliest use of "Allemande" (in English) which I have found is in Marli Water Works by Matthew Welch in perhaps ~1767 (though this date is debatable), and Pat Shaw interpreted it as a linked arm allemande.

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In the US, Saltator, 1802 gives a clear description:

ALLEMANDE, is to put one hand behind and reach the other out side-ways, turning both plams backwars matching another person's presented in like manor, and the arms interweaving with them.

According to the Fletts' Traditional Dancing in Scotland (page 148) The Reel of Tulloch (and hence Tullock Hold) was current subsequent to about 1880. Given the lack of an Allemande tradition in Scotland, it seems more likely that this way of turning evolved independantly rather than being a copy of the linked arm allemande from a hundred years before.

See Also

• Allemande (Disambiguation)
• Pirouette Allemande

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