The Impossible Dance
Tune: William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe, by William Taylor
Set: 6 dancers, 32“ (long) sticks, single steps
Source: Boggart's Breakfast
Chorus: spin & toss. Repeat.
Figures: hot cross buns, collapse the set, swiss roll, spotted dick
Figures
Hot Cross Buns
Pass through, turn over left (teflon shoulder), go 1/4 of the way around counter-clockwise into a set that's 90° rotated from the original.
Repeat a total of 4x
Collapse the Set
Swiss Roll
Spin over left (stick) shoulder as odds go down & evens go up.
Odds come back up & evens back down on the opposite side of the set from where they were.
Repeat a total of 4x
Spotted Dick
Easy turn over left shoulders to a single line with pairs facing each other.
Turn over right (stick) shoulder to perpendicular set.
Repeat 4x
Chorus
Diagonal toss, spin to reorient the set, toss & clash in new positions.
Repeat a total of 4 times to end up in home positions.
Tune
- dances:border:1_william_taylor_s_table.abc
- dances:border:1_william_taylor_s_table.mid
- dances:border:1_william_taylor_s_table.pdf
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