Dance Kalan i Manul 17789

Also known as “The Sea Otter and the Pallas Cat” (translation), “Калан и Манул” (spelling).

Reel · 32 bars · 3 couples · Longwise - 4 (Progression: 213)

Devised by

Edmund McIntosh

Intensity

800/888/844/888 = 56% (whole dance)

Formations

Steps

Online Sources

Recommended Music

Name	Artist	Album	Media	Trk	Type	Time	Pace	Clip
On the Boardwalk	StringFire!	Excited States	CD	10	R32 8	4:45	35.6
Mercia	Muriel A Johnstone	Dancing Fingers 5. The Merse Collection	CD	1	R32 8	4:54	36.8

1–8: 1s set | 1M (cat) casts to 2nd pl and dances across, 1L (otter) following (2s step up on b4–5), 1s turn LH ending on opp sides, M facing up, L down.
9–16: Mammals’ Chain: 1M with 2s dance ladies’ chain but all opposite role while 1L with 3s dance normal ladies’ chain. This figure is like a ladies’ chain up and down the dance. At the top, 1M+2M turn RH about ¾ while 2L dances across, while at the bottom the ladies turn RH while 3M dances across | All meet someone [of the opposite sex, not your partner] coming towards you: half turn them LH (2L+1M, 2M+3L, 1L+3M) | Then the same people as before change right hand or dance across | End with everyone turning partner left hand.
17–24: 1M up, 1L down, half fig 8 to (2, 1, 3); All half RSh reel of 3 on own side. 1s naturally end facing in, 3L & 2M naturally end facing out, 3M & 2L finish their loop to face in. (3, 1, 2)
25–32: 1s RH birl while 3s+2s chase CW half way and RH birl. All end with a LF skip-change out to sidelines (2, 1, 3) on bar 32

Keith Rose's Diagrams

Name	Date	Owner	Last changed
Jane & Edmund birthday	2023-07-29	Edmund McIntosh	June 11, 2023, 3:04 p.m.

Id	Subject	Date	Submitter	Assigned to	Priority	Disposition
1320	Name, music, barring, source website	Dec. 18, 2017, 2:13 a.m.	Edmund [McIntosh] Croft	Anselm Lingnau	Normal	Fixed