The one used in the Firth adaptation, which he pointed out was 80 years old at the time and inappropriate, and, um... Hops and jumps? Hops and something. And I didn't catch the last one at all, sorry.
Heh. Now laughing at myself because I unconsciously expected you to have the same awareness of English/Regency dance that I do after having been involved in the dance community for 25 years. Conversely, "the one used in the Firth adaptation" means just as little to me. :-)
I'm up at my folks' in PA & can't look anything up, but...
I only remember 2 dances in "the Firth adaptation:" the bouncy one Lydia requested demanded, which is called "Grimstock," & the more stately one during which Lizzie & Darcy verbally sparred.
Hops and jumps? Hops and something
Might it be one couple skipping around the other 2 while they do overs & unders? That's Grimstock.
The other one I remember I've never been able to identify. It has an unusual figure (the one where 2 long lines of people change into many lines of 4 people) in common with Dublin Bay, but I don't think that's it. If you remember or can find the name, I'd love to hear it.
A digression: that morphing lines figure also occurs in a dance called Mr. Isaac's Maggot ("maggot" being a notion or whim in period). The tune for that was used as a leitmotiv throughout the PBS version of Emma. Come the ball in the final scene, the melody swells in earnest as everyone dances... another dance altogether. Drove. Me. Nuts
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Only dance I know was the "flirting dance" that Markland Madrigalia used to do at their holiday performance. Couples processed across the platform two by two, stopping to let the men circle around their partners, meanwhile flirting with the woman behind them, and then after a few more steps, stopping to let the women circle around their partners, flirting with the men behind them. In successive years the flirting levels got more and more outrageous, culminating in a passionate embrace, cold-cocking of the guy by the woman's original partner, and the dance proceeding with the last few couples stepping over the unconscious body while his original partner fled in tears. Other dances seem a bit dull by comparison. (All an act, I'm pretty sure....)
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The Hop Ground
The Leamingron Dance
And from the miniseries, Mr. Beverage's Maggot
The first two of the ball were
Sprigs of Laurel
Mutual Love
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Yeah, me too.
I'm up at my folks' in PA & can't look anything up, but...
I only remember 2 dances in "the Firth adaptation:" the bouncy one Lydia requested demanded, which is called "Grimstock," & the more stately one during which Lizzie & Darcy verbally sparred.
Hops and jumps? Hops and something
Might it be one couple skipping around the other 2 while they do overs & unders? That's Grimstock.
The other one I remember I've never been able to identify. It has an unusual figure (the one where 2 long lines of people change into many lines of 4 people) in common with Dublin Bay, but I don't think that's it. If you remember or can find the name, I'd love to hear it.
A digression: that morphing lines figure also occurs in a dance called Mr. Isaac's Maggot ("maggot" being a notion or whim in period). The tune for that was used as a leitmotiv throughout the PBS version of Emma. Come the ball in the final scene, the melody swells in earnest as everyone dances... another dance altogether. Drove. Me. Nuts ( ... )
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The Hop Ground
The Leamingron Dance
And from the miniseries, Mr. Beverage's Maggot
The first two of the ball were
Sprigs of Laurel
Mutual Love
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