Dance Video The Mystic Knot (Video 1)
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Deviser says: "Only minor glitches during first repeat during the 'Mystic Knot' central figure - strictly one step in, change partner and then one step out to the sides makes the figure work in perfection. Deviser dances as first man."
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- The Mystic Knot (M160, Viktor Lehmann)
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- Viktor Lehmann (Nov. 21, 2022, 11 a.m.) – Source: YouTube
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Deviser says: “Only minor glitches during first repeat during the ‘Mystic Knot’ central figure - strictly one step in, change partner and then one step out to the sides makes the figure work in perfection. Deviser dances as first man.”
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The Mystic Knot 4S · M160
- 1–4
- All petronella turn, set to partner (star formation: ladies back to back in the center, men on the outside, all facing partner).
- 5–12
- Double Reels of 4 (with 1/2 LA in the middle), to finish in star formation as on bar 4.
- 13–16
- All set to partner, then petronella turn back to sidelines into partners‘ places, facing own partner again.
- 17–32
- „Mystic Knot“: On bars 1–4, couples in top and bottom places 1/2TB and open up facing in; dance one step in NHJ, and with opp. person dance one step out to side couples‘ places NHJ, finish facing new partner; on bars 5–8, now in side couples‘ places, 1/2 TB and pull RS back to finish back to back and dance 1 place into partners‘ opp. places, facing partner; repeat that movement back to places where the „Mystic Knot“ started from while side couples start the movement with what is described for bars 5–8 and continue the ongoing movement from there.
- 33–34
- Starting with own partner: chain for two hands, one place on.
- 35–36
- TR 3/4
- 37–40
- Ladies 1/2 chase clw round set while men LA (to 4 1 2 3), to face own partner, ready to start the next repeat. The first two repeats are in Strathspey time, the last two repeats in Reel time.