Dance The Mystic Knot 20032
Medley · 160 bars (S80+R80) · 4 couples · Square (Progression: 4123) · Usual number of repetitions: 1
- Devised by
- Viktor Lehmann (2019)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888/8888 = 100% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
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Dedicated to Anika Lange, my chosen sister.
Dedicated to Anika Lange, my chosen sister.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.
Recordings whose titles are in
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepping Hill | Colin Dewar and his Scottish Dance Band | The Vallin Suite 4 | CD | 15 | M160 1 | 4:05 | 49.0 |
The Mystic Knot 4S · M160
1–4 : All petronella turn, set to partner (star formation: ladies back to back in the center, men on the outside, all facing partner). 5–12 : Double Reels of 4 (with 1/2 LA in the middle), to finish in star formation as on bar 4. 13–16 : All set to partner, then petronella turn back to sidelines into partners‘ places, facing own partner again. 17–32 : „Mystic Knot“: On bars 1–4, couples in top and bottom places 1/2TB and open up facing in; dance one step in NHJ, and with opp. person dance one step out to side couples‘ places NHJ, finish facing new partner; on bars 5–8, now in side couples‘ places, 1/2 TB and pull RS back to finish back to back and dance 1 place into partners‘ opp. places, facing partner; repeat that movement back to places where the „Mystic Knot“ started from **while** side couples start the movement with what is described for bars 5–8 and continue the ongoing movement from there. 33–34 : Starting with own partner: chain for two hands, one place on. 35–36 : TR 3/4 37–40 : Ladies 1/2 chase clw round set **while** men LA (to 4 1 2 3), to face own partner, ready to start the next repeat. The first two repeats are in Strathspey time, the last two repeats in Reel time.
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Added on: 2022-11-21 (Viktor Lehmann)
Quality: Demonstration quality
