The Phoenix Rejuvenated

The Phoenix Rejuvenated or The Phoenix ~ PShaw is an English Country Dance. It was devised by Pat Shaw (website) in 1975 and published in Pat Shaw Collection 3. It is a proper 4 Couple Longways dance. In this dance the couples are permuted by: 2413. The minor set lasts 32 bars. It is in the key: F Major.

Losely based on Playford's The Phoenix from 1670.

A small quibble, The Phoenix does not rejuvenate. It dies and is reborn.

Playford published two dances named The Phoenix, the first was first published in 1670 (in editions 4-10 of the Dancing Master), the second first appeared in 1718 in the third edition of the second volume of the Dancing Master. This is an interpretation of the first dance (for the second see Bolton's work.

Playford writes:

Lead up all a D. forward and back That again Set and turn S That again

First man go down on the outside of the wo. to the last, the rest following. Take every man a wo. by both hands Put the we. a D. backward and forward Back all, change places That again

We go down and do as the men did Back and change places as before

First cu. cross over and go to the lower end, the 2. cu. following and cross the 3. cu. cross and follow, the 4. not cross, take hands all in a ring Go all round Set and turn S That again

Turn the co. wo Men hands and go round We. meet and turn S Men as much

Turn your own We. hands and go round Men meet and turn S We. as much

Four on each side the S. Hey Set and turn S That again

As before, four cross and four not cross Lead up, cast off and come to your places Set and turn S That again

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 dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), set, circle, cast, lead, cast and lead, lead and cast (and probably others).

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Lead up all a D. forward and back That again	Set and turn S That again

First man go down on the outside of the wo. to the last, the rest following. Take every man a wo. by both hands Put the we. a D. backward and forward	Back all, change places That again

We go down and do as the men did	Back and change places as before

First cu. cross over and go to the lower end, the 2. cu. following and cross the 3. cu. cross and follow, the 4. not cross, take hands all in a ring Go all round	Set and turn S That again

Turn the co. wo Men hands and go round	We. meet and turn S Men as much

Turn your own We. hands and go round	Men meet and turn S We. as much

Four on each side the S. Hey	Set and turn S That again

As before, four cross and four not cross Lead up, cast off and come to your places	Set and turn S That again