Playford's Progeny

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====== A New Rigadoon ======
 

Longways duple minor, 2/2 meter\\
Playford, 1690, interpreted by Andrew Shaw, 1995\\
Tune: New Rigadoon

<code>
A1   1-8   M1 turns partner by the right hand, then M2 by the left hand.
A2   1-8   W2 turns partner by the right hand, then W1 by the left hand.
B1   1-8   1s cross, move down below 2s, and half figure 8 up through 2s, 
              2s move up.

B2   1-4   1s gated down through new 2s below  up to their progressed place.
     5-8        All two-hand turn partner.</code>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJ1Th0boKk\\
The **rigaudon** (French: [ʁiɡodɔ̃, ʁiɡɔdɔ̃], Occitan: [riɣawˈðu]), anglicized as rigadon or rigadoon, is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar to that of a bourrée, but the rigaudon is rhythmically simpler with regular phrases (eight measure phrases are most common). It originated as a sprightly 17th-century French folk dance for couples.\\
History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigaudon

====== A NEW RIGADOON ======


The Dancing Master 1690\\
 Charles Bolton 1985\\
3 couple longways set\\
<code>
Al 1—8 Ist Man and 3rd Woman turn partner right hand once round, then
       neighbour left hand ence round.
A2 1-8 lst Woman and 3rd Man tum partner right hand once round, then
       neighbour left hand once round.
Bl 1-8 lst couple cross, cast down to middle place and half figure 8 up, while
       2nd couple turn with both hands half way round, lead up, cast down
       to middle place and cross up to lst place.
B2 1-8 All facing down, cast from bottom to invert set (3rd couple—1st
       couple—2nd couple) and all tum partner with both hands once round.
       (Progression 3-1-2)
Repeat dance twice.</code>

====== A New Rigadoon ======

Andrew Shaw 1995 suggested alternative:\\
Duple Minor longways 
<code>
Al 1—8 lst Man tums partner right hand once round, then 2nd Man left
       hand once round.
A2 1-8 2nd Woman turns partner right hand once round, then 1st Woman
       left hand once round.
Bl 1—8 lst couple cross, move down below 2nd couple, and half figure 8 up
       through 2nd couple, who then move up
B2 1—4 lst couple lead down through 2nd couple below and cast up again
       assisted by 2nd couple (gates down).
   5—8 All turn partner with both hands once round.</code>