Dance The Nightingale Floor 20390
Reel · 32 bars · 5 persons · Square (Progression: 54132)
- Devised by
- Frances Wallace (2012)
- Intensity
- 80808/88888/08088/42442 = 65% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Reel of three (REEL;R3;)
- Set as in Double.Triangles (SET_DT)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change
- Recommended Music
- Extra Info
- Inscribed “For Patsy & Ian Marks on their return from a Rotary trip to Japan, March 2012.”
The dance notes …
Inscribed “For Patsy & Ian Marks on their return from a Rotary trip to Japan, March 2012.”
The dance notes explain that “Centuries ago, floors in the hallways & corridors of Japanese temples & palaces were designed to make a ‘chirping’ sound when walked on. This was a security device – an early, ‘early warning system’. Dry boards creak naturally under pressure, but these floors were created so that the flooring nails would rub against a jacket or clamp (usually leather), causing birdlike noises - hence ‘nightingale’ floors (‘uguisubari’). This ensured that no one could sneak through the corridors undetected. The most famous example is in Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan.”
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Folksy Fivesome | Robert Whitehead & the Danelaw Band | Dancers' Choice 2 | CD | 10 | R32 5 | 3:01 | 36.2 |
The Nightingale Floor 5pS · R32
Set of 5 dancers: 1–4 in a diamond, 5 facing 1 at the top
- 1–
- 1+5+3 Reel3 up/down, 5 starts RSh to 1, 5 ends in centre facing out between 4 & 1
- 9–
- 5 sets as in DTr with 4+1 | then with 3+4 ; then 2+3 | then 1+2
- 17–
- 4+5+2 Reel3 across, 5 starts LSh to 4, 5 ends facing 1
- 25–
- 5+1 change pl RH | 1+3 LH ; 3+4 LH | 4+2 RH, 2 ends facing up to 5 (5,4,1,3,2)
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)Stonnington Scottish Country Dancers, Melbourne, Australia 2022
Added on: 2022-05-20 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
Watch on YouTube
(YouTube must be enabled in cookie preferences to embed videos.)SCD group Hong Kong, 2022
Added on: 2022-05-31 (Murrough Landon)
Quality: Good
| Name | Date | Owner | Last changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton Large Class 2023-2-28 | David Wasson | Feb. 28, 2023, 5:54 p.m. | |
| Binghamton Large Class 2023-6-27 | 2023-06-27 | David Wasson | June 27, 2023, 4:13 a.m. |
| Binghamton Large Class 2022-12-20 | David Wasson | Dec. 22, 2022, 2:35 a.m. | |
| 5-Person Dances | David Wasson | Aug. 16, 2022, 7:02 p.m. | |
| A&P Dances for beginners | Holly Boyd | Sept. 15, 2023, 2:47 a.m. | |
| Dance Scottish NYC Experienced Class 2023-Sep-14 | 2023-09-14 | Margaret Mackenzie | Sept. 12, 2023, 1:14 a.m. |
| Binghamton Small Class 2023-3-28 | David Wasson | March 28, 2023, 3:44 a.m. | |
| Binghamton Small Class 2022-11-15 | David Wasson | Nov. 15, 2022, 5:32 p.m. | |
| Dance Scottish NYC 2023-Aug-17 | 2023-08-17 | Margaret Mackenzie | Aug. 14, 2023, 11:56 p.m. |
| Id | Subject | Date | Submitter | Assigned to | Priority | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2803 | Set shape | May 26, 2022, 11:47 p.m. | Iain Boyd | Murrough Landon | Normal | Fixed |