Basic Movements Definitions Part 2
No.31 – 41
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31. Wheel Around | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | couple | |
| END | couple | |
| Movement | The couple, working as a unit, turns around (180｡). The left hand dancer backs up while the right hand dancer moves forward. The pivot point is the handhold between the two dancers. | |
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32. Thar Family | |
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| People Involved | 8 dancers | |
| START | various | |
| END | thar | |
| Movement | (a) ALLEMANDE THAR: An allemande thar star is a formation and may be formed at the end of any left arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a right hand box star and backing up. Each outside dancer holds the left forearm of a center dancer and walks forward. (b) WRONG WAY THAR: A wrong way thar may be formed at the end of any right arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a left hand box star and backing up. Outside dancers hold the right forearm of a center dancer and walk forward. |
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33. Slip the Clutch | |
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| People Involved
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8 dancers | |
| START | Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation | |
| END | Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation | |
| Movement | Dancers in the center of the thar stop and, while retaining the star, release armholds with the dancers beside them. Everyone then moves forward within the circle in which he was traveling while in the thar. | |
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. . 34. Shoot the Star | |
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| People Involved | 8 dancers | |
| START | Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation | |
| END | Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation or Alamo | |
| Movement | The handholds forming the center star are released as each center dancer and the adjacent outside dancer arm turn one half (180｡) or full (360｡) as directed. If half or full is not directed, the arm turn is one half. | |
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. . 35. Box the Gnat | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | facing dancers (man and lady) | |
| END | facing dancers (man and lady) | |
| Movement | Dancers step forward, join and then raise their right hands. The lady steps forward and does a left-face U turn back under the raised joined hands, as the man walks forward and around the lady while doing a right-face U turn back. Dancers end facing each other, each in the other’s starting position. | |
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36. Trade Family | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | any wave, line or columns | |
| END | various | |
| Movement | GENERAL RULE: Any two directed dancers exchange places by walking forward in a semi-circle ending in the other dancer’s starting position. Each trading dancer has reversed his original facing direction. If the trading dancers start while facing in the same direction, they pass right shoulders when they meet per the right shoulder rule (see Passing Rule). (a) BOYS TRADE, (b) GIRLS TRADE, (c) ENDS TRADE, (d) CENTERS TRADE: Directed dancers (boys, girls, ends or centers) exchange places, changing facing directions using the general rule. (e) COUPLES TRADE: Starting formation -line or two-faced line. Working as a unit, each couple exchanges places with the other couple in the same line. Couples, as a unit, follow the right shoulder passing rule as defined for individual dancers. (f) PARTNER TRADE: Starting formation -couple, mini wave. Two dancers exchange places with each other. |
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. . 37. Ocean Wave Family | |
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| People Involved | 4 or 8 dancers | |
| START | — | |
| END | — | |
| Formation | Ocean wave is a formation of three or more dancers holding adjacent hands and with each dancer facing in an opposite direction to that of the adjoining dancer(s). MINI WAVE is an ocean wave consisting of two dancers. (a) RIGHT HAND WAVE: An ocean wave with an even number of dancers is a right hand wave if the end dancers and the dancers adjacent to them have right hands joined. (b) LEFT HAND WAVE: An ocean wave with an even number of dancers is a left hand wave if the end dancers and the dancers adjacent to them have left hands joined. (c) ALAMO STYLE WAVE: Alamo style is a formation of an even number of dancers in a circle holding adjacent hands and with each dancer facing in an opposite direction to that of the adjoining dancers. (d) WAVE BALANCE: Starting formation -mini-wave, ocean wave. Each dancer steps forward and pauses while bringing the other foot forward and touching it to the floor without transferring weight. Each steps back on the free foot and pauses while touching the other foot beside it. |
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. . 38. Alamo Style | |
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| People Involved | 8 dancers | |
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Same as Allemande Left (#6) |
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| END | Alamo Ring / Alamo Style(wave) | |
| Movement | (a) Allemande Left in the Alamo Style : Dancers start an Allemande Left but continue the Arm Turn until the men are looking toward the center of the square and the women are looking out. Maintain the left handhold and join right hands with the adjacent dancer to form an Alamo Ring(b) Balance : | |
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39. Swing Thru | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers (if alamo, 8 dancers) | |
| START | wave or alamo wave | |
| END | wave or alamo wave | |
| Movement | (a) SWING THRU: Those who can, turn by the right one half (180｡), then those who can, turn by the left one half (180｡). If “right” is not specified preceding the command to swing thru, it is a right swing thru. (b) ALAMO SWING THRU: Everyone turns half by the right, then everyone turns half by the left. When left swing thru is directed from an alamo formation, everyone turns half by the left, then everyone turns half by the right. (c) LEFT SWING THRU: Those who can, turn by the left one half (180｡), then those who can, turn by the right one half (180｡). If left swing thru is required, it must be specifically directed “left swing thru”. |
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. . 40. Run Family | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | any two-dancer formation in which the directed dancer has a shoulder directly adjacent to the other dancer. | |
| END | various | |
| Movement | GENERAL RULE: The directed (active) dancer moves forward in a semi-circle (180｡) around an adjacent (inactive) dancer to end in the adjacent dancer’s starting position. Meanwhile, the inactive dancer, who may be facing in any direction, adjusts by stepping (without changing facing direction) into the vacated starting position of the active dancer. The active dancer doing the run has reversed his original facing direction. If the direction to run is not specified (right or left) and if the active dancer has an inactive dancer on each side, then centers run around ends and ends run around centers. Runs from an alamo circle are to the right unless otherwise directed. (a) BOYS RUN, (b) GIRLS RUN, (c) ENDS RUN, (d) CENTERS RUN: The directed (active) dancers run around the inactive dancers using the general rule. (e) CROSS RUN: Starting formation -line, two-faced line, or wave. Each of the two directed (active) dancers, who must both be either centers or ends, run into the spot vacated by the farthest inactive dancer. If the inactive dancers are centers, they sidestep to become ends; if they are ends, they sidestep to become centers. When the active dancers are both facing the same direction, they move forward in a semi-circle, pass each other and then run into the vacated spot on the far side. |
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41. Pass the Ocean | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers | |
| START | facing couple | |
| END | right-hand wave | |
| Movement | Dancers pass thru, turn in to face their partners and step into a right hand ocean wave. | |