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--- dances:border:clockwork [2012/12/01 14:04] – Jeff Bigler
+++ dances:border:clockwork [2019/07/12 09:58] (current) – Jeff Bigler
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+====== Clockwork ======
+{{page>:dances:border:clockwork-description}}
+===== Detailed Description =====
+=== Chorus ===
+Stand in place for beats 1-6.  Stepping through the rest of the chorus (beats 7-16).
+Beat 1: Clash with self (right over left).
+Beat 2: Hold left stick out horizontally at approximately 45º angle toward the person to your left.  Right stick makes a large circle and clashes with the person to your right.
+Beat 3: Clash with self.
+Beat 4: Basket clash (right hard, forehand) while turning 90º to the left.
+Beat 5: Clash with self while turning 90º to the left (now facing outwards).
+Beat 6: Basket clash (left hand, backhand) while turning 90º to the left (now facing counter-clockwise around the circle).
+Beats 7-8: Keep sticks in basket and dance one place counter-clockwise around the circle.
+Beat 9: Clash with self (everyone).
+Beat 10: First corners (places, not faces) clash while crossing.
+Beat 11: Clash with self.
+Beat 12: Second corners clash while crossing.
+Beat 13: Clash with self.
+Beat 14: Basket clash (left hand, backhand).
+Beats 15-16: Keep sticks in backet and dance one place counter-clockwise (back to home position).
+----
+=== Figures ===
+== Dance On ==
+Dancers start from the audience straight out from their positions.
+Beats 1-8: All dancers dance from the audience to a set.
+Beat 9: #1 puts up left stick
+Beat 10: #1 clashes right stick onto left.  (Sticks remain in place after clash.)
+Beat 11: #4 clashes left stick into the clump.
+Beat 12: #4 clashes right stick into the clump.
+Beats 13-14: #3 repeats same sequence
+Beats 15-16: #2 repeats same sequence
+== [Chorus] ==
+{{page>dances:border:figures:square-hey}}
+Sticks are clashed on the first two beats (self, partner) of every 4-beat sequence.
+== [Chorus] ==
+== Escapement ==
+The figure starts with first corners turning 45º to the right and second corners turning 45º to the left.
+Beat 1: first corners clash with self.
+Beat 2: first corners pass inside of the second corners, clashing both sticks (right with each other; left with stationary dancers).
+Beats 3-4: all dancers turn 90º over their left shoulders.  (For the first corners, this is 90º from their facing-out positions.)
+Beat 5: second corners clash with self.
+Beat 6: second corners pass inside of the first corners, clashing both sticks (right with each other; left with stationary dancers).
+Beats 7-8: all dancers turn 90º over their left shoulders.
+Repeat on beats 9-16.
+== [Chorus] ==
+{{page>dances:border:figures:square-bombast}}
+Sticks are clashed on the first two beats (self, partner) of every 4-beat sequence.  (The partner clash is only by the dancers who are hooking around each other.)
+== [Chorus] ==
+== Tosses ==
+Beats 1: First corners toss; second corners clash with self.
+Beat 2: First corners clash with self; second corners toss.
+Beats 3-4: All four dancers move one place counter-clockwise while twirling clockwise (over their right shoulder).
+Repeat sequence 3 more times on beats 5-16.
+== [Final Chorus] ==
+Same as the other choruses except clash right stick into basket on the last beat.
+{{youtube>WWqZOotOHjU?large}}
+===== Tune =====
+{{page>:dances:border:clockwork-tune}}