Push about the Jorum ~ RSCDS
Push about the Jorum ~ RSCDS is a Scottish Country Dance. It was published by Bride in 1775 in Bride's Favorite Collection of Two Hundred Select Country Dances, London. It was interpreted by RSCDS in 1947 and published in RSCDS Book 14. It is R8×32 3C/4C, a proper Triple Minor dance. R32.
The RSCDS attributes this dance to Skillern, but Bride published the figure first, then Skillern, Longman & Broderip, and Thompson published it as well. The only one I can find is Thompson, who writes:
The 1st. Lady turns the 3d. Gent 1st. Gent. turns the 3d. 1st. Lady Allemand Right & Left with the 2d Gent. at the same time the 1st. Gent. Allemands with the 2d Lady Sett 3 & 3 top & bottom the same sideways hands six round back again lead out sides
The original music consisted of 3 eight bar strains, all repeated.
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.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), set, circle, allemande round (and probably others).
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The dance itself is out of copyright, and is in the public domain. The interpretation is copyright © 1947 by RSCDS. My visualization of this dance is copyright © 2023 by George W. Williams V and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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