Seaman triangle
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Steps: Cha-cha-cha; walk walk 1 chasse; rock polka
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3 corner dance, 3 couples |
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After a trip to the Bermuda Triangle our sailor returns home with
inspiration for this dance.
Start: 3 couples in a circle
A traditional Danish 3 corner dance is described with
animation figures in dance week 15 on my website of 1999 now placed on: http://www.lavigne.dk/oldfolkdance
The dance consists of 3 parts: circle, chain, rock
polka:
1
Circle clockwise and anti clockwise, or variation figures
2
Chain with return to a new partner, turn in a right arm hook with no 3
3
Couple dance rock polka with new partner in the small circle
bar no
1-4 Circle clockwise with walking steps
or walk walk 1chasse (or variation figures).
1-5 Circle anti clockwise (or variation
figures).
6 Hand chain (= grand right and
left): right hand (rh) to partner walk walk 1chasse past partner.
7 Left hand (lh) to and passing the next.
8 Right arm hook with the next: step
step 1 chasse (slow slow
quick quick slow) to the side away from each
other.
9 Then step step
1 chasse against each with ½ right
turn.
6 Change arm hook to right hand
hold to chain back to and passed original place.
7 lh to and passing next.
8 rh to
and passing next who is your original partner.
10 lh to next = new partner, ready for:
11-18 Couple dance rock polka in the small
circle rock rock turn-chasse.
The
dance ends in bar 18 (couple dance rock polka).
The dance is fast so small steps.
The
dance is maybe likely to be danced with always circle in bar 1-5 as variation C
below. But for e.g. only 3 couples the variation figures are:
Variation
figures, clockwise and possible anti clockwise (bar 1-5):
1. Circle
of the 6 dancers
2. One
hand mill for L
3. One hand
mill for G
4.
Two hand mill for L
5. Two hand
mill for G
6. All in
circle with waist clasp (= basket)
C)
Change to new 3 corner couples: dance: 1. circle, 2. chain, 3. rock polka,
and repeat 2 and 3.
If 2. chain 3. rock
polka is repeated twice (i.e. played 3 times in all) we are back to original
partner.
Then we dance out into the dance hall in the last rock polka to find 2 new
couples to join in the following circle of 3 couples.
(If you in the hurry do not get into contact with 2 couples then dance rock
polka alone or dance with only 2 couples, or 4 or more couples).
See dance 5 Sailors
lined up and dance 1 Sailor-rhinelander for the
description of the basic cha-cha-cha steps and: walk walk
1chasse and of rock polka.
The dance is fast: so small steps.
If you feel like
it: then a little cha-cha-cha hip movement (the ship floor is pitching).
The melody is in 3 parts, 4 lines, (with influence of
calypso).
Accordion: 4 + 4 beats pr bar.
There are many dance instruction videos with
cha-cha-cha, see video list