Dance The House Keys of Lisbon 21149
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Triangular (Progression: 231) · Usual number of repetitions: 3
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2020)
- Intensity
- 666/666/888/888 = 88% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 3 (HX;3P;)
- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Reel of six / Schiehallion (REEL;R6;)
- Hands round - 6 - and back (HR;6P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
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The title was inspired by a BBC news article about a Portuguese law allowing …
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The title was inspired by a BBC news article about a Portuguese law allowing descendants of Jews expelled in the 15th and 16th centuries to return and claim citizenship. Apparently a few families who took refuge in Istanbul still have keys to the houses in Lisbon that they were forced to leave centuries ago. These keys have been passed down as family heirlooms. For more details see <<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Turning_Portuguese>>. Those keen on symbolism can imagine the six dancers starting at the points of a Star of David and that the hands across and turns represent keys in locks. The tune, <<ddt:Slockit Light, Da#7803>>, was written by fiddler Tom Anderson as a lament for the lights of houses in Shetland being extinguished as people moved away. It seemed an appropriate choice. This dance also provides an opportunity to thank several people that I know in Lisbon: firstly Adriana Duarte for organising the Curia weekends; also <<ddp:Monteiro, Isabel#11225>> and <<ddp:Neves, Isabel#11150>> for devising lovely dances; and Barbara Gray, Joana Ferreira, Roger Picken and Sue Willdig for running the Carcavelos, Lapa and Telheiras SCD groups.
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (3). 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 | |
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| Da Slockit Light | Dewhurst, Chris, Julie & Nick | Short & Sweet | CD | 12 | S32 3 | 3:06 | 62.0 |
The House Keys of Lisbon 3T · S32
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1– : M LHA ; all S&Link (1x,2x,3x) 9– : W LHA ; all S&Link (1,2,3) & end with W facing out 17– : 4 bars of Schiehallion Reels, passing LSh in centre, W end facing out (2,3,1) ; turn cnr LH & face P | turn P BH & open out into a circle 25– : Circle6 & back (2,3,1)
The House Keys of Lisbon 3T · S32
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1-8 : Men dance LH across back to place; all Set+Link 9-16 : Ladies dance LH across back to partner's place; all Set+Link to original places, Ladies face out 17-20 : All dance 4 bars of Schiehallion reels (pass LSh in centre). Ladies face out (all have progressed 1 place anticlockwise) 21-24 : All turn corner LH , face partner & turn partner 2H once round, opening out ready to … 25-32 : All circle 6H round & back. 2 3 1
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)London Gay Gordons & Friends, 2022
Added on: 2022-10-24 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Type | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnham Green - 18 December 2022 | Unknown | 2022-12-18 | Jacmel Dent | Jan. 2, 2023, 8:40 p.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 2023-11-06 | Function | 2023-11-06 | Murrough Landon | Aug. 3, 2023, 8:01 p.m. |
| RSCDS Wirral Tuesday Class - 19 September 2023 | Class | 2023-09-19 | Anne MacDonald | Sept. 17, 2023, 6:31 p.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 2023-01-09 | Unknown | 2023-01-09 | Murrough Landon | Nov. 24, 2022, 12:51 a.m. |
| The More Unusual Dance Club 230717 | Function | 2023-07-17 | Peter Dixon | June 30, 2023, 11:37 a.m. |
| Cumnor 1 February 2023 | Unknown | 2023-02-01 | Cumnor Scottish | Jan. 11, 2023, 7:18 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 08.02.23 | Unknown | 2023-02-08 | Simon Stewart | Feb. 2, 2023, 11:54 a.m. |
| Turnham Green - 22 October 2023 | Other | 2023-10-22 | Jacmel Dent | Dec. 7, 2023, 1:47 a.m. |
| St Columba's Dancers 2023-02-13 | Unknown | 2023-02-13 | Murrough Landon | Nov. 24, 2022, 12:52 a.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 2022-12-07 | Unknown | 2022-12-07 | Murrough Landon | Jan. 12, 2023, 2:20 p.m. |
| ML Video Session 17 | Other | 2022-10-16 | Murrough Landon | May 26, 2023, 1:17 a.m. |
| Lisbon February Weekend Ball - 25th February, 2023 | Function | 2023-02-25 | Roger Picken | May 23, 2023, 1:34 a.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 18.01.2023 | Unknown | 2023-01-18 | Andrew Osborne | Jan. 12, 2023, 7:50 p.m. |
| 23 09 30 SASS Newick | Function | 2023-09-30 | Chris & Lee Pratt | Sept. 5, 2023, 11:15 a.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 3rd May 2023 | Class | 2023-05-03 | Annette Hughes | May 1, 2023, 3:42 p.m. |
| Cardiff - Whitchurch Tuesday Class June Dance 2023 | Function | 2023-06-03 | Alison Jackson | May 15, 2023, 10:29 p.m. |
| Richmond Caledonian 26.04.2023 | Unknown | 2023-04-26 | Andrew Osborne | April 24, 2023, 7:13 p.m. |
