| This is a circle dance to be performed with
an even number of women. Before you begin, make sure
that you have a partner. The dance will start onstage with
everyone next to their partner. |
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After the first 8 counts, lift-drop-slides in a
circle. Remember: the lift comes from squeezing the tuckus on the side that you
want to lift. The drop comes from squeezing the opposite side. The slide is pure
abdominal muscles.
This section is 20 measures long. The easy way
to count it out it to listen for when the drum complexity increases; You are now
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Tonal instruments begin: raise hands
(quickly) to meet palms with your neighbor. Look to the right
as you do this and trust the person to your left to match
hands with you.
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16 counts of grapevine to the right (including however
long it took you to get into position) |
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4 chest circle sequences - 8 counts each: 120-degree turn
between each one.
begin right: Right-up-left-down (1-2-3-4) Up - 2 Down - 4
repeat left: Left-up-Right-down (1-2-3-4) Up - 2 Down - 4
repeat right: Right-up-left-down (1-2-3-4) Up - 2 Down - 4
repeat left: Left-up-Right-down (1-2-3-4) Up - 2 Down - 4 |
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16 counts of grapevine to the left |
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4 chest undulation sequences - 8 counts each: 120-degree turn between
each one.
Front-up-in-release through the hips
Repeat 4 times
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Partner sequence:
Turn to face your partner. Slowly give energy to
your partner (hand rising for 4 counts), then release
(hand falling for 4 counts).
Quick shift into the hips (right side first):
drop-drop-drop-drop
-switch sides- drop-drop-drop-drop
Now cross your right foot over your left and pass your partner, left shoulder to left shoulder,
taking 3 more quick steps on the beat (making 4 steps total).
End exactly where your partner was standing, but turned slightly to face the next person.
This is your new partner.
Repeat 4 times total. |
| At the end of
the partner sequence, notice who you are facing. She
will be your first partner the next time you repeat the
partner sequence. |
| Repeat the
entire dance from the first grapevine. |
During the
second repeat of the partner sequence, the flute will
disappear and a drum solo will begin. When you hear the drum
solo begin, finish your hip drops, but do not move onto
the next partner. Instead, turn to face the front and begin
shoulder triples with a level (down & up) as a bow to the
audience before exiting with hip lifts (L-arms) as the music
fades out.
Note that during the level, whoever is in front is in the lead and everyone else should go down
& up at the same speed that she does. When she is all the way up, she will turn to her
left. As she does this,
everyone else will face counterclockwise (the same direction as you were traveling a the beginning of the dance) and
follow the person in front of you like an uncoiling snake as she
leads it step-hipping offstage. |
