Dance The Hidden Heart 18395
Strathspey · 80 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly)
- Devised by
- Murrough Landon (2017)
- Intensity
- 8008/8008/0880/0880/8888/8888/6666/6666/8888/8888 = 75% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Men's Chain - half (MCHAIN;HALF;)
- Set and Link (SETLNK;2P;)
- Reel of four - interlocking (REEL;INTRLK;R4;)
- Back to Back (BKTOBK)
- Hands across - 4 (HX;4P;)
- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Steps
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- Strathspey setting, Strathspey travel
- Online Sources
- Extra Info
- For David Quarrie. After many years of energetic dancing, David’s sporran wore a small hole in his kilt. This was …
For David Quarrie. After many years of energetic dancing, David’s sporran wore a small hole in his kilt. This was neatly repaired by costume designer Marina Harrington with a (normally hidden) heart shaped patch.
The Hidden Heart 4S · S80
- 1-
- 1c & 3c ½ turn BH opening out into centre 1c facing 3c | set ; repeat with opposite person back to sides (W in exchanged pl)
- 9-
- 1c & 3c ½ MChain ending in promhold with P (3,2,1,4) ; dance back to (1,2,3,4) passing RSh
- 17–32
- 2c & 4c repeat 1–16
- 33-
- All S&Link to face cnr ; Bourrel-like sequence: set adv passing cnr LSh | ½ turn next person BH & twirl away
- 41-
- All set adv passing next person LSh | turn P BH (3,4,1,2) ; then all ½ interlocking Reels4 to (1,2,3,4)
- 49-
- All dance BtoB passing RSh ; all M LHA to face P
- 57-
- All dance BtoB passing LSh; all W RHA
- 65-
- All circle 8H round & back
- 73-
- All turn P BH | set ; advance joining hands | retire to form heart shape (1c hands forward facing 2c/4c, 3c hands backward)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
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ML Video Session 04 | 2018-06-17 | Murrough Landon | May 29, 2023, 11:23 p.m. |
Turnham Green - 19 November 2023 | 2023-11-19 | Jacmel Dent | Nov. 8, 2023, 11:48 p.m. |
Turnham Green - 19 February 2023 | 2023-02-19 | Jacmel Dent | Feb. 5, 2023, 4:20 p.m. |
TG Repeats 2023 | Jacmel Dent | Aug. 27, 2023, 4:07 p.m. |