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MODERN WALTZ
SEQUENCE DANCES
music: 3/4, 85 beats/minute, 32 bar choruses,
scripted by
Don Herbison-Evans
don@it.uts.edu.au
(updated 25 August 2008)
using various abbreviations for holds and directions and steps.
More detailed scripts are available from
ALPHA
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, natural turn, R change, 123 reverse turn,
back check, 456 weave (end: PP),
chair, hover turn, whisk (end: DH),
chasse, outside check L,
outside check R, spin turn.
APPLE BLOSSOM
start: CH, man facing DW.
whisk, chasse in PP, chair, reverse slip pivot,
reverse corte, back hover, wing,
open telemark, hover, contracheck to PP,
curving three, open impetus, chasse in PP,
chair, 4-6 reverse.
ARTHUR'S
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, R change, hesitation,
rumba cross, contracheck, spin turn,
turning lock, side lock, open telemark,
big top, contracheck, natural slip pivot, spin turn.
AUTUMN MIST
start: CH, man facing DW.
travelling contracheck (end: PP), promenade chasse,
promenade hover, fallaway, reverse slip pivot, spin turn,
turning lock (end: PP),
wing, check, quick open reverse, reverse corte,
whisk, curved feather, 456 hesitation, reverse.
BARCAROLLE
start: CH, man facing DW.
hover (end: PP), promenade chasse, weave,
natural turn, feathers, open impetus,
wing, lunge, back lock, impetus, hesitation.
BEVERLEY-ANN
start: CH, man facing DW.
whisk, wing, telemark, lock, hesitation,
reverse turn, travelling contracheck, chasse, double ronde,
curving feather, back lock, 4-9 impetus.
BLUEBIRD (Choreography by Micheal Davies, 1982)
start: CH, man facing DW.
whisk, wing, check, hover, back lock,
open impetus, hover, lunge, curving feather,
456 hesitation, 123 reverse turn, reverse corte, check,
spin turn.
CANDLEGLOW
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 reverse turn, back check, weave (end: PP), promenade chasse,
open impetus, lunge, ronde, reverse slip pivot,
chasse to R (end: PP), check,
running finish, wing, telemark, spin turn.
CAROLINE
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 reverse turn, outside check, open impetus,
chasse, open impetus, double ronde,
whisk, wing, open telemark, promenade hover,
contracheck, lock, spin turn.
CERISE
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 reverse turn, chasse, curving 3, 456 open impetus,
quick open reverse, reverse corte, whisk,
double ronde, chasse, open impetus, wing,
outside check, swivel, back lock, impetus.
CHARLOTTE'S
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, 1-3 natural turn, tipple,
travelling contracheck, weave,
impetus, double reverse, open telemark,
syncopated passing change, spin turn,
twist turn, 4-6 reverse.
CHEVIOT
start: CH, man facing DW.
fallaway, reverse slip pivot,
curving walk, chasse, contracheck,
hover, back lock, open impetus, zig-zag,
chair, reverse slip pivot, 1-3 outside revers,
back whisk, twist, hover, 4-6 reverse.
CLAUDIA'S
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, contracheck, natural slip pivot, fallaway,
quick open reverse, reverse corte, reverse pivot,
viennese cross, chasse, spin turn (end: : man facing LOD),
back check, weave, wing, curving feather, 456 reverse (end: close WOW).
DREAM
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, R outside check, L outside check, chasse,
natural turn, L outside check, R outside check, chasse to R (end: PP),
travelling contracheck, weave (end: PP), chasse, 123 natural turn,
backward passing change, 456 reverse turn, hesitation.
EDEN
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 reverse turn, reverse corte, chasse to R, contracheck,
open impetus, back lock, double reverse,
telemark, backward hesitation,
back lock, open impetus, promenade chasse, promenade hover,
natural fallway, curved feather, 456 hesitation.
EMMA
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, 123 natural turn, hairpin, natural slip pivot, weave (end: PP),
promenade chasse, chair, reverse slip pivot, chasse to R, 456 weave,
hover cross, 123 weave, back lock, impetus.
EMMERDALE
start: CH, man facing LOD.
2 reverse (end: facing LOD),
2 step point (end: PP), solo turn, open hover,
whisk, wing, telemark, L hover, contracheck,
spin turn.
ENGAGEMENT
start: CH, man facing DW.
reverse turn, whisk, chasse, 123 weave, back lock,
open impetus, back whisk, syncopated natural wing,
456 reverse turn, travelling contracheck (end: PP),
open hover, fallaway, hesitation.
FANTASY
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, whisk, hesitation, back lock,
closed impetus, reverse corte, whisk,
promenade lock, curving three, outside change,
ronde, whisk, reverse slip pivot.
FREDEL
start: CH, man facing DC.
viennese cross, reverse corte, whisk,
promenade lock, natural turn, back whisk,
hover (against LOD), reverse slip pivot, lock,
open impetus, quick open reverse, chasse,
1-5 natural turn, whisk, R change.
GEELONG
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 viennese reverse, chasse, 1-6 spin turn,
syncopated chasse (&123), open hover, promenade chasse,
chair, reverse slip pivot, chasse to R, hover cross,
quick open reverse, reverse corte, whisk,
curved feather, 456 hesitation.
GRASMERE
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, open impetus,
lady's swivel, turning R hover, double back lock,
throwaway oversway, R open hover, chasse,
hover cross, weave, spin turn.
GROVE
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, spin turn, turning lock,
running natural weave, oversway,
chasse, whisk, wing, chasse to R,
456 weave, spin turn.
HADRIAN'S
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, open natural telemark,
quick open reverse, back whisk,
twist, back lock, closed impetus,
reverse corte, 4-6 weave to PP,
1-3 natural turn, same foot lunge,
outside spin, back lock, slow back lock,
4-6 reverse.
HARMONIE
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, whisk, chasse, back whisk,
chasse (along ALOD, end: OEH),
123 reverse (lady: 123 man's natural),
slow back,
123 natural (lady: 123 man's reverse),
slow lock (along ALOD), L change,
spin turn.
HONEYSUCKLE
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn, whisk, wing, weave (end: PP),
promenade chasse, open impetus, L hover,
back hover, swivel (end: PP), chasse,
open impetus, promenade chasse, chair,
reverse slip pivot.
JUNE (Choregraphy by Ken & Edith Leach, 1985)
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, open impetus, weave (end: PP),
promenade chasse, wing, open telemark, promenade hover,
fallaway, reverse slip pivot, spin turn,
double back lock, L outside check, R outside check,
456 reverse.
LOVELY LADY
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, 123 natural turn, hairpin, natural slip pivot (end: PP),
promenade lock, wing, contracheck, rolling lunge,
natural slip pivot, open telemark, promenade chasse,
ronde, reverse slip pivot, 23456 weave, spin turn.
MAGENTA
start: CH, man facing DW.
2 changes, whisk, wing, telemark, spin turn,
L change, backward change, 123 reverse turn, reverse corte,
whisk, chasse, hesitation.
MELODY
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 viennese reverse, chasse, spin turn,
double back lock, back hover, 123 natural turn,
6 natural pivots, ronde, slip pivot, fallaway,
reverse slip pivot, open telemark, promenade hover,
outside swivel, grapevine, hesitation.
MONT DE LANCEY
start: CH, man facing DW.
hesitation, 123 reverse turn, reverse corte, whisk,
chasse, natural telemark, telemark, oversway, ronde,
reverse slip pivot, double reverse, whisk, chair,
open telemark, promenade hover, fallaway (restart: man steps outside).
PARKGATE
start: CH, man facing DC.
reverse turn (end: close WOW, man outside lady),
123 natural turn, whisk, promenade hover,
natural slip pivot, impetus, top spin, chasse, spin turn,
double back lock, hinge, open hover,
natural telemark.
PEARL
start: CH, man facing DC.
viennese reverse, L hover, double lock, whisk,
chair (ALOD), reverse slip pivot, contracheck, natural slip pivot,
promenade lock, curved feather, whisk, swivel, outside spin,
double back lock, chasse to R, hesitation.
PENDLE
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, 123 natural turn, backward passing change,
turning lock, 123 viennese reverse, reverse corte,
whisk, chasse, impetus, double reverse,
telemark, backward hesitation, back lock, 4-9 impetus.
ROYLE (Choreograhy by Jeff & Muriel Aldren, 1995)
start: CH, man facing DC.
chasse to R, back hover, outside check, outside swivel,
open hover, fallaway, reverse slip pivot,
whisk, R change, double reverse, backward hesitation,
backward passing change, back hover, running natural weave,
back whisk, syncopated natural wing, impetus.
SAGA
start: CH, man facing DC.
123 reverse turn, backward passing change, whisk (end: facing ALOD),
wing, outside check, spin turn, turning lock,
hesitation, lunge R, lunge L, chasse to R,
back lock, 4-9 impetus.
SILVER
start: CH, man facing DW.
whisk, wing, open telemark, chair, reverse slip pivot,
123 reverse turn, chasse, open impetus, weave,
spin turn, double back lock, hinge, open hover,
456 reverse.
SNOWBIRD
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, 123 natural turn, chasse to R, L outside check,
quick open reverse, open impetus, quick open reverse,
back whisk, zigzag wing (end: CP), slip pivot, R hover,
chasse, spin turn.
ST DAVID'S
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, spin turn, quick open reverse, reverse slip pivot,
double reverse, open telemark, big top, contracheck,
natural slip pivot, 123 natural turn, back whisk,
weave, spin turn.
ST VALENTINE'S
start: CH, man facing DW.
open impetus, ronde (lady: swivel 1/2 L), backward passing change,
(lady: same foot lunge), lock (lady: syncopated run), hesitation,
same foot lunge, recover to L, lady swivel, open impetus,
syncopated run (lady: underarm turn), aerial, back step,
chasse to R, aerial, 456 reverse.
VICTORIA ANN (Choregraphy by Deborah Long, 1996)
start: CH, man facing W.
whisk, chasse (end PP), chair, reverse slip pivot,
contracheck, open back hover,
weave, spin turn, turning lock (end in PP),
quick open reverse, reverse corte, chasse to R, contracheck,
spin turn.
WILLIAM'S
start: CH, man facing DW.
travelling contracheck, promenade hover, fallaway,
reverse slip pivot, impetus,
double reverse, telemark, curved feather,
456 open impetus, quick open reverse, reverse corte,
back hover, spin turn.
WOODSIDE
start: CH, man facing DW.
L change, spin turn, turning lock (end in PP),
hesitation, reverse turn, whisk, wing,
open telemark, L hover, contracheck, natural turn (end in whisk),
closed chamge.