THE ARCHBISHOP
4 co long set
Fried de Metz Herman 1991
Recording: archbishop-060-apnw-07.mp3.zip
archbishop--045.mp3.zip
A1 1st Man & 4th Wo cast L one place,
set to each other & 2 hands turn once round:
A2 1st Wo & 4th Man do the same:
B1 1-4 Middles face ends, all take inside hands,
middles arch over ends, who move in under,
turn & arch to ends again over middles;
5-8 Middle 2 Co's hands 4 L 1/2 way &
cross Rsh with partner into ring of 8:
B2 Hands 8 Left 1/2 way, then all 2-hands turn
partner L 1/2 round.
Progression: 2-3-4-1
Repeat thrice.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ODXWn19m8o
Fried Herman was fascinated by the dance The Bishop, and in the way that one artist engages with the work of another, her response was to write dances that reflected The Bishop’s opening move. Her first and second dances with this focus—The Bishop Revisited, a triad mixer, and The Archbishop, for 4 couples—were both published in Potters’ Porch in 1991. The first was set to the original tune of the Bishop from 1778. The second has two 18th-century tunes, Miss Sally Surman’s Delight and Trip to Teddington. But Fried would always have the band play the first tune 4x and the second only 3x. Why? Because for the final round, she had the band play Miss Dolland’s Delight, the tune Sharp paired the dance with when he reconstructed it.
