Dance Climbing Mont Ventoux 15578
Medley · 64 bars (S32+R32) · 4 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 2341)
- Devised by
- Erika Ritzau (2013)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/4444/4444/8000/8888/0808/8888 = 72% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands across - 4 - and back (HX;4P;BACK;)
- Hands round - 4 (HR;4P;)
- Reel of four - on side (REEL;R4;SIDE;)
- Hands round - 4 - and back (HR;4P;BACK;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step, Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel, Tulloch turn
- Extra Info
- The dance is a collective project by Clan McBédoin, a small SCD group in Provençe. This is based at Bédoin, …
The dance is a collective project by Clan McBédoin, a small SCD group in Provençe. This is based at Bédoin, a village at the foot of Mt. Ventoux, an iconic mountain for cyclists world-wide. The idea was to celebrate the climbing of Mont Ventoux by the Tour de France (the 100th edition of the world toughest long-distance cycle race) on 14 July 2013. The original concept for this dance (in Sept 2012) came from Christopher Macrae. The group’s teacher, Erika Ritzau, worked together with the team and colleagues on a suitable choreography. The first half (strathspey tempo) represents the turning of the bike wheels and gears, as the cyclists are slogging up this awesome climb, with each couple in turn finally getting to the top. The second half (in reel tempo) starts with a brief victory dance by the first couple after they reach the summit, then they whiz down to the bottom, at Bédoin.
The only videos at present on UTube were recorded at Pitlochry in April 2013. They shows the medley being danced twice through only, as for demonstration purposes; but it is more satisfactory for the dancers to do it four times through so that each couple can “climb Mt. Ventoux”. In November 2013, original music was composed for our signature dance by Alex Ross, leader of an Edinburgh Ceilidh Band. A fresh video has just (on 1 Feb 2015, in Montpellier) been made of the dance set to Alex Ross’s music : we hope it will soon be available on U-Tube.
Climbing Mont Ventoux 4/4L · M64
Strathspey
- 1-8
- 1s+2s also 3s+4s dance RH across & LH back
- 9-16
- All set advancing & turn partners 2H, 1s+2s also 3s+4s circle 4H round to left
- 17-24
- 1L followed by 2L+3L+4L dance up & across then cast to weave in & out to end 2L+1L between 3M+4M & 4L+3L between 1M+2M & all Ladies cross to own side
- 25-32
- Men repeat bars 17-24 all finishing 4s 3s 2s 1s
Reel
- 1-8
- 1s set with HS or PdB twice, turn partner twice with elbow grip
- 9-16
- 4s+3s+2s+1s dance reflection reels of 4 (Ladies give LSh to start, Men RSh)
- 17-24
- 4s (in 1st place) & 2s (in 3rd place) set & turn partners 2H (PdB), 4s cast to 3rd place while 2s lead up nearer hands joined to 1st place
- 25-32
- 2s+3s also 4s+1s circle 4H round & back
Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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ADW 19.1.18 | 2018-01-19 | Elizabeth Gull | Jan. 10, 2018, 6:43 p.m. |
ZA 2017-02-13 Fish Hoek Love to Dance Class | 2017-02-13 | Heather Hodgson | Feb. 12, 2017, 8:07 p.m. |
ZA 2016-07-11 Logos Hope Visit Mandela Day prep | 2016-07-18 | Heather Hodgson | July 11, 2016, 11:42 a.m. |
ZA 2016-07-18 Mandela Day Dance | 2016-07-18 | Heather Hodgson | June 20, 2016, 11:53 a.m. |
Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
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629 | Background to "Climbing Mont Ventoux" | Feb. 3, 2015, 9:10 p.m. | Eric Ferguson | Normal | Fixed |