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====== Argeers ====== | ====== Argeers ====== | ||
- | Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3uWRbXFBM4&feature=plcp (lively!) | + | Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3uWRbXFBM4&feature=plcp (lively!)\\ |
+ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSn_-vw8x0g (more traditional) | ||
+ | Recording: {{ :music:argeers-bnah5-04.mp3.zip |}}\\ | ||
+ | {{ ::music:argeers_085-ear-12.mp3.zip |}} | ||
A square dance for 2 couples. This reconstruction is by Adina Hamilton. | A square dance for 2 couples. This reconstruction is by Adina Hamilton. | ||
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Start holding hands with partner and facing the other couple. | Start holding hands with partner and facing the other couple. | ||
Verse 1 | Verse 1 | ||
- | 1 - 2 SLf To meet the other couple, | + | 1-2 SLf To meet the other couple, |
- | end holding corner by both hands | + | end holding corner by both hands |
- | 3 - 4 2 slips With corner, away from the other couple | + | 3-4 2 slips With corner, away from the other couple |
- | 5 - 6 2 slips Back towards partners | + | 5-6 2 slips Back towards partners |
- | 7 - 8 2 steps Change place with corner, passing right shoulders | + | 7-8 2 steps Change place with corner, passing right shoulders |
- | 9 - 16 6 steps Take partner’s right hand and | + | 9-16 6 steps Take partner’s right hand and |
- | turn each other 1 1/2 turns, | + | turn each other 1 1/2 turns, |
- | ending in partner’s position. | + | ending in partner’s position. |
- | 17 - 32 Repeat Repeat above, ending in original positions. | + | 17-32 Repeat Repeat above, ending in original positions. |
Chorus 1 | Chorus 1 | ||
- | 1 - 4 Men DL To exchange places | + | 1-4 Men DL To exchange places |
- | 5 - 8 Women DL To exchange places | + | 5-8 Women DL To exchange places |
- | 9 - 16 All STL Set and turn | + | 9-16 All STL Set and turn |
- | 17 - 24 Women DL To exchange places | + | 17-24 Women DL To exchange places |
- | 21 - 24 Men DL To exchange places | + | 21-24 Men DL To exchange places |
- | 25 - 32 All STR Set and turn | + | 25-32 All STR Set and turn |
Verse 2 | Verse 2 | ||
- | 1 - 4 DLf With corner, away from partner | + | 1-4 DLf With corner, away from partner |
- | 5 - 8 DRb Back towards partner | + | 5-8 DRb Back towards partner |
- | 9 - 16 DL DR Turn partner | + | 9-16 DL DR Turn partner |
- | 17 - 20 DLb Away from corner, not holding hands with partner | + | 17-20 DLb Away from corner, not holding hands with partner |
- | 21 - 24 DRf Back towards corner. | + | 21-24 DRf Back towards corner. |
- | 25 - 32 STL Set and turn | + | 25-32 STL Set and turn |
Chorus 2 | Chorus 2 | ||
- | 1 - 4 Men SDR Double sideways to exchange places, women passing on the inside. | + | 1-4 Men SDR Double sideways to exchange places, |
+ | women passing on the inside. | ||
Women SDL | Women SDL | ||
- | 5 - 8 Men SDL Return to place, women on the inside | + | 5-8 Men SDL Return to place, women on the inside |
Women SDR | Women SDR | ||
- | 9 - 16 DL DR Turn corner, holding right hands | + | 9-16 DL DR Turn corner, holding right hands |
- | 17 - 20 Women DLf To meet | + | 17-20 Women DLf To meet |
- | 21 - 24 Women DRb Back to place | + | 21-24 Women DRb Back to place |
- | 25 - 32 Men’s hey Men change places with a double, passing right shoulders, turn at the end | + | 25-32 Men’s hey Men change places with a double, |
- | and return to place with another double, again passing right shoulders. End facing contrary. | + | passing right shoulders, turn at the end |
+ | and return to place with another double, | ||
+ | again passing right shoulders. End facing contrary. | ||
Verse 3 | Verse 3 | ||
- | 1 - 3 3 steps (l r l) Men push contrary women back 3 steps, holding both hands | + | 1-3 3 steps (l r l) Men push contrary women back 3 steps, |
+ | holding both hands | ||
4 Slip Slip to men’s right | 4 Slip Slip to men’s right | ||
- | 5 - 8 Men DRb Men pull women back down the other side | + | 5-8 Men DRb Men pull women back down the other side |
- | Women DLf | + | Women DLf |
- | 9 - 16 STL Set and turn | + | 9-16 STL Set and turn |
- | 17 - 20 Men SDL Slip between partners back to place, ladies in front | + | 17-20 Men SDL Slip between partners back to place, |
- | Women SDR | + | ladies in front |
- | 21 - 22 2 steps (l r) Men push contrary women back 2 steps | + | Women SDR |
- | 23 - 24 2 steps (l r) Men pull contrary women forward 2 steps | + | 21-22 2 steps (l r) Men push contrary women back 2 steps |
- | 25 - 32 STL Set and turn | + | 23-24 2 steps (l r) Men pull contrary women forward 2 steps |
+ | 25-32 STL Set and turn | ||
Chorus 3 | Chorus 3 | ||
- | 1 - 8 DLf DRf First man and his corner cast off, ending in partner’s place. Others follow. | + | 1-8 DLf DRf First man and his corner cast off, |
- | 9 - 16 DLf DRf First man and his corner cast off in the other direction, | + | ending in partner’s place. Others follow. |
- | ending in original position. Others follow. | + | 9-16 DLf DRf First man and his corner cast off in the other |
- | 17 - 24 DLf DRf Half a hey, beginning with partner | + | direction, ending in original position. Others follow. |
- | 25 - 32 DL DR Turn partner, holding hands. At the end of the second double, the couples open | + | 17-24 DLf DRf Half a hey, beginning with partner |
- | up and form a line facing the presence. | + | 25-32 DL DR Turn partner, holding hands. At the end of the |
+ | second double, the couples open up and form a line | ||
+ | facing the presence. | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
- | Recording: {{ :music:argeers-bnah5-04.mp3.zip |}}\\ | + | ==== Another description ==== |
- | {{ ::music:argeers_085-ear-12.mp3.zip |}} | + | |
+ | Two couple set, couple facing couple across the room, D Major, 2/2\\ | ||
+ | The English Dancing Master, 1st Ed. (Playford), 1651. \\ | ||
+ | Edited for The Playford Ball, Kate Van Winkle Keller and Genevieve Shimer (CDSS), 1994 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | Part I | ||
+ | A1 1-2 All forward a double to opposite couple. | ||
+ | 3-4 Joining two hands with opposite, dance two slipping steps away | ||
+ | and back, immediately pass opposite by right shoulder, and | ||
+ | face partner on the other side of the set. | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners two-hand turn once and a half, skipping, | ||
+ | end facing opposite. | ||
+ | A2 1-4 Opposites two-hand turn once and a half, skipping, while | ||
+ | traveling clockwise to original places, end facing partner. | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners two-hand turn. | ||
+ | B1 1-2 Men change places as women balance back and forward. | ||
+ | 3-4 Women change places as men balance back and forward. | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners set and turn single. | ||
+ | B2 1-8 Repeat B1, women changing first. | ||
+ | Part II | ||
+ | A1 1-4 With opposite, lead out a double and fall back, | ||
+ | turning right to face partner. | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners two-hand turn and, retaining inside hands, | ||
+ | end facing opposite. | ||
+ | A2 1-4 Partners fall back a double, dance forward, then | ||
+ | face each other. | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners set and turn single, end facing opposite. | ||
+ | B1 1-2 All dance four slips, women left and men right, | ||
+ | women passing in front of men. | ||
+ | 3-4 Four slips back, women again in front of men. | ||
+ | 5-8 Opposites two-hand turn, skipping. | ||
+ | B2 1-2 Women meet. | ||
+ | 3-8 As the women fall back (3-4), men, skipping and passing right | ||
+ | shoulder to start, dance a figure eight around the women, | ||
+ | counterclockwise around opposite and clockwise around partner. | ||
+ | Part III | ||
+ | A1 1-4 Opposites poussette halfway clockwise (men moving | ||
+ | forward to start). | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners set and turn single. | ||
+ | A2 1-4 Opposites poussette halfway counterclockwise (men | ||
+ | again moving forward to start). | ||
+ | 5-8 Partners set and turn single. These last two B | ||
+ | sections use a skipping step throughout! | ||
+ | B1 1-4 The two dancers nearest the top of the room (they | ||
+ | are NOT partners!) cast down, followed by their | ||
+ | partners, and return up the middle to place. | ||
+ | 5-8 The other two dancers, also followed by their | ||
+ | partners, cast up and return down the middle to | ||
+ | place. | ||
+ | B2 1-4 Starting with opposite, two changes of a circular | ||
+ | hey. | ||
+ | 5-6 Partners two-hand turn and open to face up in a | ||
+ | line of four (couple that was originally on the | ||
+ | right is now on the left). | ||
+ | 7-8 All step right and honor the Presence. | ||
+ | |||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | NOTES from Van Winkel and Shimer\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part I, A1 3-4\\ | ||
+ | There is no specific time allotted for the pass through at the end of the phrase. It just happens! You must anticipate the upcoming turn with two hands. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part I, A1 5-8\\ | ||
+ | Because of the time issue above, many dancers do this turn in a sloppy frenzy Don't! It is quick, but it can be well danced. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part I, A2 1-4\\ | ||
+ | Think of this as part turn two hands/part alternating pivot turn, with women providing the first pivot (1-2) and men the second (3-4). In a perfect world, at the halfway point men would be (almost) home while women are still near opposite's position. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part I, A2 5-8\\ | ||
+ | This is a quiet (non-skipping) turn, in contrast to the previous excitement. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part II, B2\\ | ||
+ | A great moment when, after turning their opposites, the men wait a moment as the women meet, and then burst into the figure eights as the women fall back to place. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part III, A1 1-4\\ | ||
+ | The men, finishing the figure eights, continue in the same direction (at a calmer speed) to start the poussettes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part III, B1, 2\\ | ||
+ | The secret here is to master the quick changes in direction, first between B1 4 and 5, then B1 8 and B2 1, and lastly B2 4 and 5. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Part III, B2 5-8\\ | ||
+ | No matter what has transpired, at least try to slow down and finish gracefully! | ||
+ | Argeers is one of the most complex and challenging dances in the repertoire and not for the faint of heart. It is seldom done except at camp sessions and workshops, where there is the ample time needed to learn it. For the uninitiated, the spry, happy tune gives no warning of the havoc to be wrought! And it is wrought immediately in the impossible sequence in the second half of A1 into | ||
+ | A2. Each of the three parts has challenges that tax the best dancers. Given all these warnings, it is a great and beautiful dance, classic, stunning in the ebb and flow of figures with the music. To be done well it needs to be learned in two phases: first to learn the figures; and then, second, to learn how to DANCE them. Very, very few get to that second level. | ||
+ | Source: <a href="http://www.cdss.org/" target="_blank">CDSS</a>, At Home, The English Dance collection Vol 5 | ||
+ | Sticker Number: OECDC 2016 - 4 (CD: -3) | ||