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Post by sheena on Aug 26, 2020 15:26:43 GMT 1
There may be some overlap between this thread and "our favourite dances" thread, but there is some interesting material available explaining the story behind various "favourite" dances.
Most of us are familiar with the story that Pelorus Jack was named after a Risso's dolphin in the Pelorus Sound in New Zealand.
Here, deviser Barry Skelton tells us about his dance, interspersed with excerpts from the dance
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Post by sheena on Aug 26, 2020 15:29:13 GMT 1
Another popular dance is the strathspey Culla Bay. Here Ann Dix describes what inspired her to write the dance
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Post by sheena on Aug 26, 2020 15:32:32 GMT 1
When we can't remember precisely the name of EH3 7AF we refer to it as "the postcode dance" as (so far) there is only one named like this. Here Roy Goldring describes the origin of both the dance and its name
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Post by sheena on Aug 26, 2020 16:11:45 GMT 1
The "tandem reels" in Pelorus Jack are often referred to as "dolphin reels", but perhaps we should be referring to them as "falcon reels" as the other well-known deviser named Barry, Barry Priddey, included them in his earlier dance The Flight of the Falcon Further information on the dance in this article: www.cdss.org/programs/cdss-news-publications/cds-online/cd-s-online-volume-2/the-dolphin-hey-the-evolution-and-transmission-of-a-dance-figure-by-david-millstone-and-allison-thompsonand you can enjoy watching the dance, depicting falcons in flight ... not to be confused with the more recent dance The Aviator, devised by Carola Fischer, where alternating tandem reels are used to depict the real life episode in which a buzzard joined aviator Hans Prade flying at the wingtip of the glider and mirroring his movements. The dance depicts the glider taking off, banking round, enjoying the flight with the buzzard and then landing again safely. Unusually the deviser, Carola Fischer has stated in the instructions that it is up to the dancing couple how far they dance down and in which place they dance out between the standing men. If there is more than one set, the dancing couple may dance out through the gap in the men’s side in the set below! |
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Post by Helen McG on Jun 16, 2021 21:34:57 GMT 1
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