Chestnut (English country dance)

Chestnut
Classification
Genre English country dance
Formation 3 couples in a line
Meter 2/2
Key A minor
Choreography
Choreographer John Playford
Year 1651

Chestnut (or Dove's Figary) is an English country dance from The Dancing Master collection.[1]

Dance

English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by John Playford, 1651.

Tune

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Instructions

reconstructed by Delbert von Straßburg and Stephen Fischer [3]

Bar Figure
1 - 4 Lead up a double and back,
5 - 8 That again
1 - 2 Turn to face partner, the double back away from them.
3 - 4 Double forwards towards your partner, taking both hands and changing into their place
5 - 8 Men join hands and circle half way around, so that the top man ends up in the bottom man's place, and vice-versa. At the same time the ladies take hands and do the same
9 - 16 Repeat 1 - 8 (everyone ends up back in their place)
1 - 4 Arm left, arm right with partner
1 - 4 Double forwards and back, changing places
4 - 8 The men make half a hey, so that the top man ends up in the bottom man's place, and vice-versa. At the same time the ladies do the same.
9 - 16 Repeat 1 - 8 (everyone ends up back in their place)
1 - 4 Side left, side right with partner
1 - 4 Double forwards and back, changing places
5 - 8 The first couple peels down the middle of the set to the bottom, and everyone follows the that the couples are reversed.
9 - 12 Double forwards and back, changing places
13 - 16 The first couple (now at the bottom) casts out and everyone follows (everyone ends up back in their places)

External links

References

  1. ↑ Playford, John (1698). The Dancing Master (10th ed. corrected ed.). London: J. Heptinstall. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Peter (2009). The Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes (2nd ed.). Greenfield, Massachusetts: Canis Publishing. p. 19.
  3. ↑ Fischer, Stephen. "Chestnut". Estienne's Country Dance Book. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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