Dance The View from Buda 21721
Strathspey · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 312)
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2023)
- Intensity
- 666/888/888/880 = 85% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Arches (ARCHES)
- Chase (CHASE)
- Rose Progression (ROSE)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- This dance was inspired by my second visit to Budapest for their SCD Weekend in September 2023. Once again I …
This dance was inspired by my second visit to Budapest for their SCD Weekend in September 2023. Once again I climbed the hill on the Buda side of the Danube which gives a good view over the city.
The first 8 bars represent the zigzag paths up the hill. The arches are the bridges with boats passing beneath them and the turning third couple are the island in the river. Among the dances taught by our teacher, Antoine Rousseau, were The Rose Garden and A Dance for Susi. The former has the “kissing gate” figure in bars 21–24 here and the latter includes the Rose progression. Bars 17–20 are a reminder of strathspey step practice. The dance is very busy which reflects an intense weekend. The top and bottom keep swapping: just imagine walking from the hotel to the gymnasium, and back, and back…
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Border Weavers | J Gray / L Risk / S Petrov | The Host of the Air | CD | 10 | S32 3 | 3:12 | 64.0 |
The View from Buda 3/3L · S32
- 1–
- 2c change pl RH with dancers diagonally to R | new couple in 2pl repeat LH diagonally to L ; repeat RH diagonally to R | all set adv, 3c & 2c face down/up NHJ, 1c face P (3,2,1)
- 9–
- 3c dance down under arch by 2c while{2} 1c turn BH & face up | 2c turn BH & face down while{2} 1c dance up under arch by 3c ; 2c dance down under arch by 1c while{2} 3c turn BH & all end on sides (1,2,3) | all set & face cclw
- 17–
- All chase ½ way cclw ; set adv passing P LSh & pull back RSh to face P | turn BH to sides (3,2,1)
- 25–
- 2c+1c Rose progression (3,1,2)
