1920s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Abergenny ~ Kennedy		John Playford 1657 Douglas & Helen Kennedy (mod) 1929	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways

1930s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Bishop ~ Apted		Thompson 1778 W. S. Porter, M. Heffer, A. Heffer 1931 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

1960s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Dublin Bay		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Humours of the Age ~ Pat Shaw		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Pat Shaw 1962	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Humours of the Age ~ Pat Shaw/3 Couple		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Pat Shaw 1962	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
We'll Wed and We'll Bed ~ Playford Ball		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

1970s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barham Down ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Irish Lamentation ~ Cook		Johnson ~1740 Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

1980s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sun Assembly		Thompson ~1757 Ken Sheffield 1982 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Disbanded Officer ~ Sheffield		Thompshon 1787 Ken Sheffield 1985		Duple Minor
Wakefield Hunt		Thompson 1779 Tom Cook 1987 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
The Jovial Beggars - Playford		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1989 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

1990s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Greenwich Park - Thompson		Thompson 1779 A. Simons ~1990		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Richmond Ball		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990		Duple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1695 Tom Cook 1991	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
She Would If She Could		John Young 1718 Charles Bolton 1991	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Playford Ball		Henry Playford 1695 Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Faithful Swain ~ Sheffield		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Ken Sheffield 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Smith's Boree		John Young 1726 Ken Sheffield 1995		Triple Minor

2000s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Northern Nancy ~ Bolton		John Playford 1670 Charles Bolton 2000		Duple Minor
The Queen's Birthday ~ Callens		Henry Playford 1703 Philippe Callens 2002		Duple Minor
Blenheim Pound		John Young 1710 Charles Bolton 2003		Duple Minor
Love in a Hop-Yard		Nathaniel Kynaston 1717 Andrew Shaw 2006		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ Andrew Shaw		Henry Playford 1695 Andrew Shaw 2009	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

2010s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Duchess of Grafton ~ A. Shaw		John Young 1710 Andrew Shaw ~2012		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Anna Holden's Waltz		John Drewry 1991 Jenny Beer 2017		Duple Minor
Aye Me ~ Callens		John Playford 1651 Philippe Callens ~2018 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
Eggshell Whimsy		Walsh 1731 Scott Higgs 2018		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Symphony		John Playford 1651 Philippe Callens ~2018 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	4 Couple Longways
Eggshell Whimsy		Walsh 1731 Scott Higgs 2018		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Barham Down ~ Black		Henry Playford 1701 Daisy Black 2019	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

2020s

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jack Pudding ~ Lovelace		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Custom permutation: 231
The Merry Andrew ~ Lovelace		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 George Williams 2021	Colin Hume	Custom permutation: 231
Dunkirk ~ Lilley		John Young 1718 Bob Lilley ~2023		Duple Minor
Barker's Maggot		John Young 1706 Andrew Shaw 2024		Duple Minor
Beaus Retreat ~ Andrew Shaw		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Andrew Shaw 2024		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.

Gate Turn

Also known as: Gate, Assisted Cast.

Bars: 4.

Two adjacent dancers join inside hands then one walks forward, the other backward turning in a circle about their joined hands. The one backing up is said to be "gating" the one going forward.

History

This appears to be a modern figure. Douglas & Helen Kennedy describe it (but do not use the term "gate") in their interpretation of Abergenny, though they do not name it. (Colin Hume has a different interpretation of this dance which does not use a gate figure.)

Porter, Heffer, & Heffer also describe a gate figure in their interpretation of The Bishop from 1931, but again they do not name it. They use it again in their own dances The Happy Clown, and The Northern Lass, published in 1932.

In the mid 1970s, Pat Shaw uses the figure in The Amazed Geneticist but still doesn't call it a gate.

The first use of "Gate" that I can find comes from Fried de Metz Herman's Yola's Invitation devised 1978.

See Also

• Hand Turn

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