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The triplet form is an adaption by Ted Sannella of the traditional English country dance triplet, using modern contra dance tempo and moves; he composed a first triplet in 1968 and more than 41 of his triplets have been published. [4]
Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance , Scottish country dance , and French dance styles in the 17th century.
A count may also be called a step, as contra dance is a walking form, and each count of a dance typically matches a single physical step in a figure. Typical contra dance choreography comprises four parts, each 16 counts (8 measures) long. The parts are called A1, A2, B1 and B2.
"Money Musk" being danced at Youth Dance Weekend 2019 in Weston, Vermont, with music by Calluna.The clip begins after the caller has dropped out. "Money Musk" (/ ˈ m ʌ n ɪ m ʌ s k / [1]), alternatively "Monymusk" or other variations, is a contra dance first published in 1786.
The terms carry no value judgment, but only indicate whether one is on one's "home" side. A dance in duple-minor longways form is termed "improper" if the active couples are improper by default; this is the exception in English country dance, but the rule in contra dance. right and left . See changes of right and left. set
Kontradans or the French-Haitian Contredanse, [1] is creolized dance music formed in the 18th century in the French colony of Saint-Domingue [2] that evolved from the English contra dance, or (country dance), which eventually spread throughout the Caribbean, Louisiana, Europe and the rest of the New World from the Creoles of Saint-Domingue.
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.
The term is a corruption of the original French term dos-à-dos for the dance move, which means "back to back", as opposed to "vis-à-vis" which means "face to face". [2] Do-si-do is the most common spelling in modern English dictionaries [3] and is the spelling used in contra dance, sometimes without hyphens. [4] A related variant is do-se-do.