Cast Away Waltz
Introduction
Author:
Alan Winston
Source:
Alan Winston
Formation:
Two couple becket set (see note)
Music:
Cast Away Waltz (Colin Hume, 2009)
Choreography
A1
1-2
Partners curve in to meet neighbors (take hands with partner momentarily, then let go and take hands with neighbor)
3-4
Cast away from partner (men left, ladies right, letting go hands with neighbor, back to place facing partner into)
5-8
Partner gypsy left (end facing partner)
9-10
Neighbors curve in to meet partners (take hands with neighbor momentarily, then let go and take hands with partner)
11-12
Cast away from neighbor (men left, ladies right, letting go hands with partner, back to place facing neighbor into)
13-16
Neighbor gypsy right (end facing in to the set)
B1
1-2
Ladies change (pass right, Hole In The Wall/Well Hall style, end fairly close)
3-4
Men change (pass right and catch right hands, ladies joining their right hands for)
5-8
Star right (ladies start right foot, men left)
9-16
Partners close waltz 1½ around the other couple (ccw, end at home, facing partner)
A2
1-2
Partners meet (right shoulders)
3-4
Cast left back to place
5-8
Partner gypsy left (end facing neighbor)
9-10
Neighbors meet (left shoulders)
11-12
Cast right back to place
13-16
Neighbor gypsy right (end facing in to the set)
B2
1-16
Repeat B1
A3
1-2
Partners right-hand turn ½
3-4
Cast left back to place
5-8
Partner gypsy left (end facing neighbor)
9-10
Neighbor left-hand turn ½
11-12
Cast right back to place
13-16
Neighbor gypsy right (end facing in to the set)
B3
1-16
Repeat B1
© Alan Winston, 2002
Notes
Notes
1
Each person is on the corner of a square set, far away enough so that you cannot hold hands with either your partner or your opposite, but not too far. NB: The video on YouTube is NOT correct with regard to this. The diagram below shows the starting positions and the path for A1 Bars 1-4.
2
When teaching, Alan suggests roughing in the general structure and then refining rather than telling people too much at once. When you get to the lead in (A1 bars 1-4), note that each person walks around a circle. You may also want to suggest that in A2 5-8 the ladies elongate the gypsy a little so that they arrive just in time to do the ladies cross. In A3, when casting back, the men can loop around each other inside the set.
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