A Selection of Untested Dances

Although these dances have been checked on paper, they have (mostly) not been danced in practice so may easily have serious flaws (apart from generally being busy, energetic and/or complicated). Some dances whose problems became clear when first tested have been reworked and await retesting.

Try at your own risk! (The links here are really only intended for potential volunteer testers).

• Binary Stars (J32, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – yet another outing for mirror set and link
• Chimney Cake (J32, 5/5L) [crib, pdf] – fugal/canon starting from both ends (tested OK, but maybe tweak the last few bars?)
• DAVID Major (R40, 7/7L) [crib, pdf] – another version of DAVID for a 7 couple set
• Fifty in Findhorn (J32, 3/4L) [crib, pdf] – for James Pretlove (two versions tested, final decision still pending)
• Interference Patterns (J32, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – two set and rotate figures interfering with each other
• The Killiecrankie Leap (R32, 3/4L) [crib, pdf] – (tried, failed, reworked a bit, needs retest) a jump from the Jacobite rebellion
• Promino Nine (J32, 9P) [crib, pdf] – a non-binary nonet: gender free square set with a ninth person, somewhat similar to Domino Five
• Rotational Symmetry (R32, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – a reel with everyone dancing all the time (Relentless Misery?)
• The Surprise of its own Unfolding (R40, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – inspired by the short poem Fluent by John O’Donohue
• Tomboy Reel (R40, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – (tried, failed, revised, needs retest) an energetic dance for all those girls who wanted to do boy things
• Triptych (J32, 3T) [crib, pdf] – triangular dance with a figure like set and cast away (Best Set in the Hall)
• Umpteen Bar Reel (R48, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – up to 48 bar reel provoked by a request for umpteen bars of reel time from a class musician
• Unit 2 Fantasia (M96, 3/3L) [crib, pdf] – fantasy (or nightmare) jigsaw medley with one 8 bar phrase from each of the twelve Unit 2 dances
• UnivSCD Challenge (S32, 4/4L) [crib, pdf] – loosely inspired by the University Challenge quiz show (tried and indeed found to to be a challenge)
• Up To Mischief (J32, 3/4L) [crib, pdf] – featuring Teapot Chain Progression (tested briefly, description corrected, needs retest)