Fickle Fanny

Fickle Fanny is an English Country Dance. It was published by John Young in 1726 in The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2025. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 24 bars. The tune is a jig.

John Young writes:

Note: Each Strain twice.

The first Man cast off into the second Woman's place, she crossing over at the same time into his place The first Couple run the Figure thro' the second, and Hands all four a quarter round The second Couple cast off, and lead up the middle; the first Couple casting down, and run the Figure between the second The first Couple being in the second Couples place, Hands Right and Left, 'till they come into their own places, then cast off

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.

1-4

M1 cast down, below and around M2 ending in W2's place as she crosses to his

1-3

1s quick half figure eight across through the 2s

4-4

Circle left a quarter

1-4

2s cast down and lead up as 1s lead up and cast down

5-8

1s half figure eight up through 2s

1-6

Face partner, three changes of rights and lefts

7-8

1s cast down as 2s lead up

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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 2025 by George Williams. And is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2025 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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