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Category Archives: English
Guidelines for Interpreting My Virtual Dance Choreography – Don Veino
Starting in spring of 2020 I began writing purpose-built dances for socially-distanced “virtual” (a.k.a. “Zoom”) dancing. This work in progress post is intended to help folks considering one of my virtual dances understand my general approach to them and provide … Continue reading
Posted in Ceilidh, Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, Doublet, English, English Country Dance, Family Dance, Mixer, My Dances, Set Dance, Set Dance, Singlet, Triplet, Virtual, Waltz
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The Spaniard’s Latte (To Go) – Set Dance – Don Veino 202003
Type: Set Dance Status: Proven Due to the 2020 COVID-19 health issue, April’s New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) was canceled. As a scheduled performer I was invited to submit material for a “Virtual NEFFA” to be presented on-line via video. … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, Doublet, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven, Set Dance, Set Dance, Singlet, Virtual
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, fall back, gypsy, hole in the wall, petronella, siding, star, swing
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Dreaming of Dolphins – DI – Don Veino 20190123
Type: Longways, Duple Improper Status: Proven The title pretty much says it all. I was in a period where I was thinking about Dolphin Heys repeatedly, generating gobs of DH dances. Between this Duple Improper dance and two other 4-Face-4 … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, cross trail, Dance, dolphin hey, down the hall
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Fun With Flipper – Triplet – Don Veino 20181006
Type: Proper Triplet Status: Proven Yep, I’ve been on a real Dolphin Hey compositions run – which led me to research the history of that move back toward its origin. It appears the Dolphin Hey first appeared in the modern … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven, Triplet
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, dolphin hey
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Feeling Gravity’s Pull – DI – Don Veino 20180710
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven I wanted something smooth and stately which swapped around the idea of who typically does certain sorts of moves (e.g.: in this dance, it’s the Ladies who gate the Gents – not the … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged bounce back, contra, contra dance, Dance, gate, hey, pass through
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Clap Happy – Gender Free Longways or Circle – Don Veino 20180115
Type: Longways or Circle Family/Ceilidh Dance – Gender Free Status: Proven This dance always gets smiles with the right crowds. Very useful for those community dances where you want want to sense the crowd or provide some variety without the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceilidh, Circle Mixers, Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, Family Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged circle, circle mixer, clapping, Dance, elbow turn, gender free, longways, swing
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House of Love – DI – Don Veino 20170529
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: Proven This is a re-imagining of my dance Soft Gummy Tummies to provide everyone partner and neighbor swings plus allow for greater tune flexibility. Note the A-parts marching direction is reversed here vs. SGT in … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged give and take, marches, petronella, softly good tummas
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Soft Gummy Tummies – DI – Don Veino 20170415
Type: Contra (or ECD), Duple Improper (or Gender Role Free) Status: Proven The inspiration for this dance came from Jeff Kaufman on Facebook. He related a story where his band The Free Raisins were asked to play the English Country … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged ECD, family dance, figure 8, softly good tummas
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What Ho, Bertie?
SB has been talking about trying English Country Dance ever since she had her “amazing Money Musk moment” (paper cranes – humans) at a contra dance at Pinweoods camp a while back. So we went to check it out this … Continue reading