Sample Dances

Circassian Circle

Simple Dance
Bring a partner into a big circle.

Into the middle 4 steps and out 4 steps, twice.
Women go into middle, clap, and come back out; men do the same, turning to face partner as they come out.
All swing with partner, ending facing round the dance.
Promenade 8 steps anticlockwise.

To make the dance progressive, tell the men to pass on to woman in front at end of promenade.

Music: 32 bar jigs/reels
Listen to Circassian Circle by the Clarty Cloot Ceilidh Band.

Circle for Three Couples

Taking hands, circle L (two bars) and then turn single left (two bars).
Taking hands, circle R and then turn single R
With partner, go back-to-back
Two quick changes of Rs and Ls, followed by a R-hand turn with the next person once around
Men left hand star once around
Women right hand star once around
Men dance to the center with two single steps (step, close; step, close).
As men fall back, women dance to the center with two single steps
Women look over R-shoulder and gypsy with this new man, about 1 1/4 around, back into the circle.

Tune: Tourner a Trois, Paul Machlis, 3/4
Dance from: A Finite Set of Calculated Figures, 2003 Gary Roodmam