ケーリーアイリッシュダンスコミュのCor na síóg, The fairy reel - english description

Cor na síóg, The fairy reel

This is an Irish reel for six people--usually four women and two men. Line up in trios facing trios, with the man in the middle.
Bars Figure

8 Advance and retire twice using threes. On the second retire, end people take hands to form a circle.
8 Rings: circle right with sevens and threes, then back with sevens and threes
8 Repeat advance and retire
8 Repeat rings, only this time start by going left first
8 Slip sides: Center person (man) turn to his right and take right hands with the person on that side. Everyone sidestep using sevens and threes--the couples cross the set while the singles stay on the side but move into the couples' places. Everyone slips sides and back, then the center people turn around and cross with their other partner.
8 Men center and link arms: the center people (men) go into the middle and link right arms, and dance around with threes for 4 bars, then link left arms and dance back for 4 bars. The side people can optionally slip sides with each other using sevens (without threes)
8 Turns: coming out of the center, each man gives his right hand to his partner on the right for a turn, then left hand with the left hand partner, then back one more time to the partner on the right, with right hand.
16 Diamonds and squares: The center people turn at a 45 degree angle to the right. They will be moving diagonally through the "diamond"--sidestep to the right using sevens and threes, then turning their right shoulder to the middle of the next side of the square and repeating. The end people make a square. They slip sides with sevens and threes on their own side first, then across the dance, then on the opposite side of the dance, then back to place.
8 Arches: Center person raises his right hand, and the left-side partner goes under the arch, then he raises his left arm so the right partner goes under the arch (the center person should follow his partners through the arch), then the man raises his right hand one last time for his left partner to go under.
8 Advance retire, advance pass-through: just like the first figure except that on the second advance, the trio with their backs to the music (or decide beforehand if you are sideways to the music), raises their hands to form an arch. The other trio drops hands and goes under the arch, passing right shoulders with the person opposite them (one person will not go under an arch).





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