Dance Heartbreak Hotel 21457
Strathspey · 32 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 3 (Progression: 21)
- Devised by
- Wiebke E Luedtke (2022)
- Intensity
- 84/88/88/88 = 63% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Long Cast (LCast)
- Set and Link (special) (S&Link)
- Figure of Eight - double - half (FIG8;2C;HALF;)
- Rose Progression (ROSE)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Half-turn and cast away (HTCAST)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Extra Info
- Inspiration for this dance came whilst stuck on a train platform – waiting and listening to some Elvis tunes. There …
Inspiration for this dance came whilst stuck on a train platform – waiting and listening to some Elvis tunes. There are a lot of dances where you don’t spend much time with your partner, often called “Schwiegermuttertänze” (“mother-in-law dances”) in German, since you can easily dance them with a person you might not be too fond of, as you won’t see much of them anyway. However, I have always found it quite sad to unknowingly dance one of these dances with a partner you like, as it feels like a wasted opportunity – this was the incentive for Heartbreak Hotel, a dance where you always get close but are only ever allowed to look at your partner and never touch hands until the final turn and twirl away.
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susanne's Strathspey | Muriel Johnstone's Band | Vintage Goldring | CD | 5 | S32 6 | 6:46 | 67.7 |
Heartbreak Hotel 2/3L · S32
- 1–4
- 1s dance long cast into 2nd place (2s step up)
- 5–8
- 2s+1s dance mirror S&Link (2s casting)
- 9–
- 1s+2s dance 1/2 double Fig 8 (2s cross up) | then turn EH on the sides once round (men RH, women LH)
- 17–
- Rose progression. 1W+2M set as 1M+2W change places RH | 1W+2M 1/2 turn BH as 1M & 2W dance into partner’s place; 1W & 2M cast into each others place as 1M+2W 1/2 turn BH | 1W & 2M dance on one place clw as 1M & 2W cast right to new places
- 25–
- 2s+1s circle 4H to the left only; then 1/2 turn P RH and twirl away to own side
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Added on: 2023-06-26 (Martina Mueller-Franz)
Quality: Demonstration quality
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest Local Club 11.04.2024 | 2024-04-11 | Zoltán Gräff | April 10, 2024, 7:45 p.m. |
| 2024_02_03 Space Flow | 2024-02-03 | Klaus Mettler | Dec. 31, 2023, 12:18 a.m. |
| Heide-Social | 2023-08-26 | Moni | May 13, 2023, 3:54 p.m. |
