Dance La Tempête 3562
Also known as “The Tempest” (translation), “La Tempete” (spelling).
Reel · 48 bars · 4 couples · Round the room
- Devised by
- Unknown
- Intensity
- 8008 0880 8888 8888 8888 8888 = 91% (1 turn), 92% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Clap (CLAP)
- Arches (ARCHES)
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
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- Book 2 [1]
- Scottish Country Dances Books 1 to 6 (Combined A5 edition) [13]
- Pocket: Books 1, 2, 3 [13]
- Collins Pocket Reference: Scottish Country Dancing [26]
- A Guide to Scottish Country Dancing (ex-Collins) [26]
- Collins Little Books: Scottish Dance [53]
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 9 [296] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 8 [359] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 7 [324] (diagram only)
- Scottish Country Dances in Diagrams. Ed. 6 [312] (diagram only)
- Recommended Music
La Tempête 4RR · R48
1c with 2c on their L, facing 3c with 4c on their R, each M has W on the R
- 1–
- 1c+4c RHA ; LHA
- 9–
- 2c+3c RHA ; LHA
- 17–
- All set twice to P ; turn P BH
- 25–
- All C BHJ slip across (M pass BtoB) ; and back (W pass BtoB)
- 33–
- 2c+4c & 1c+3c circle4 to L ; LHA
- 41–
- All A{2}&R{1}, (All 3 claps) ; 2c+1c progress under arches made by 4c+3c to meet next 2 couples
Reaching the end of the room, couples face about, M on left of W
La Tempête 4RR · R48
2 couples facing 2 couples in lines of 4 across, Ladies on partners right, 1s on right of 2s & 1s face 3s as 2s face 4s
- 1-8
- 1s+4s dance RH across & LH back to places
- 9-16
- 2s+3s repeat above Fig
- 17-24
- All 4 couples set to partner twice & turn 2H
- 25-32
- All 4 couples slip step across (Men pass BtoB) & back to places (Ladies BtoB)
- 33-40
- 1s+3s also 2s+4s circle 4H round to left & LH across back to places
- 41-48
- All 4 couples Advance 2 steps & Retire 1 step, clap 3 times, 1s+2s dance under 3s+4s arms to face next 2 couples
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Added on: 2020-07-05 (Murrough Landon)
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