Title | Difficulty | Formation | Thumbnail |
A Grand Starry Night | 3 | Sicilian circle | Circles, ladies chain, LH star, grand star (half star in current set, half with next set), repeat, do-si-do |
A Year in the Life of a Penguin | 1 | Set dance | 5-cu ring. 1s strut while others reel/star/etc. Squeeze in out in and stamp. Double speed balances, swing. Huddle together, outside couples keep squeezing in. |
Alabama Jubilee | 1 | Big circle | In and out twice, allemande, do-si-do and move on, allemande, back to partner to swing, promenade and move on. |
Albert Quadrille | 1 | Square | Heads fwd and back and do-si-do; sides ditto. Heads circle half, W cross, M cross. Sides ditto. Stars for 8, balance, promenade home. |
Ap Shenkin | 1 | Longways | 1s circle with 2nd woman, then 2nd man; down, up, all single cast left and a bit more to progress |
Apple Tree Square | 1 | Square | Heads forwards and back, 1s through and round, do-si-dos, allemandes, grand chain and promenade home. |
Belfast Duck | 1 | Longways | Circles, then lead and chassé down, ditto up, ditto down, duck through arch. |
Black Nag | 2 | Set dance | Doubles & slips; siding & change places; arming & heys. |
Blaydon Races | 1 | Big circle | In and out twice, chassé in and out twice, promenade and move on, balance and
swing. |
Borrowdale Exchange | 1. | Set dance | Circles, in and out, do-si-do, star, undo with new partner, scatter. |
Boston Tea Party | 1 | Set dance | Gallops and arches, short dip and dive, cast through arch. |
Bottoms Up | 1 | Set dance | Forward and back and cross, thread needle, gallops with waist hold. |
Bridge of Athlone | 1 | Set dance | Forward & back and cross, gallop cast, tunnels. |
Caedmon Capers | 2 | Set dance | Little sets lead round, balance, dosido, reels, dip and dive. |
Chanctonbury Ring | 2 | Big circle | Circles, in and out twice, balance and woman moves on, chassé in and out, swing. |
Chinese Breakdown | 3 | Square | Chorus: turn your corner, turn the one the other side, balance and swing partner, promenade.
Figure: Leading couple promenade round outside, ladies chain opposite couple, those couples ladies chain to right then to left. |
Cincinnati Reel | 1 | Big circle | Do-si-do, turn LH neighbour, do-si-do, turn RH neighbour, balance and swing with that one, promenade. |
Circassian Circle | 1 | Big circle | All in and out twice, women in and out, men in and out, swing partner, promenade |
Circle Hornpipe | 1 | Big circle | Chassées, clapping, turn partner, turn new partner |
Circle Waltz | 1 | Big circle | Balance in and out and women roll past, four times. With new partner sway and turn twice. Chassé in and out. Waltz. |
Clopton Bridge | 1 | Set dance | Turns, stars, lead down, swing. |
Coming Round the Mountain | 1 | Square | 1s promenade the set, stars, do-si-do and swing, promenade home. |
Cornish Six-Hand Reel | 2 | Other | All lead down, balance, back, balance, reel, turns, cast. |
Country Bumpkin | 1 | Set dance | Forward and back, down and up, grand chain, others cast and up through arch |
Cumberland Square Eight | 1 | Square | Galops, stars, baskets, promenade. |
Dashing White Sergeant | 2 (or 1) | Sicilian circle | Circles, turns, reels, forward and back and on. |
Demon's Rant | 2 | Set dance | Men round women, vice versa; circles; arch, double cast, dip and dive |
Devon Jig | 1 | Set dance | Arches, cast, 1s swing down, fountain cast. |
Die Woaf | 1 | Couple | Chassées, lady round man; repeat; balance together, apart, roll accross; repeat; chassées, waltz. |
Dishrag Dance | 2 | Sicilian circle | Circles, dishrags, stars, find new couple. |
Dixon Sixsome | 2 | Sicilian circle | Circle, middles swing ends, arches along lines, stars, baskets, forward and back and on. |
Double or Quits | 2 | Sicilian circle | Circles, reels, half rights and lefts at one end then the other, balances and turns. |
English Gay Gordons | 1 | Big circle | Forward, pivot, backwards; repeat other way. Balance, twirl, balance, under the arch. |
Enrico | 1 | Longways | Stars, then single cast, double cast,1s swing to bottom. |
Farandole | 1 | Other | Lines of people weave, cross, spiral at whim. |
Farmer's Gallop | 1 | Big circle | Step forwards, return, slip steps and return, turn partner, swing on diagonal. |
Finnegan's Reel | 2 | Set dance | Do-si-do, turn, stars, cast and weave, cast, arch, swing. |
Five Hand Reel | 2 | Other | Reels and stepping |
Fivepenny Bit | 2 | Set dance | Stars on sides with 5's; reels on sides; 5s go through arches made by 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, leaving 4s as new 5s. |
Flying Pieman | 1 | Set dance | Weaving, 1s galop down and back, top 3 couples galop down. |
Flying Scotsman | 1 | Set dance | Weave, galops. See Flying Pieman for a more vigorous version |
Four Around Four | 1 | Set dance | Lines lead round, 1s gallop, swing |
Gingerbread | 2 | Sicilian circle | Swings, stars, arches, baskets. |
Gipsy Hill Jig | 2 | Set dance | Reels on sides, grand chain, stars, 1s down and all swing |
Goathland Square Eight | 1 | Square | Circle, heads swap, sides swap, grand chain, swing |
Good Queen Vic | 1 | Longways | 1s gallop, 1s and 2s gallop, clapping, do-si-do, right arm turn, 1s swing past. |
Grand National | 1 | Set dance | Gallop sideways and turn partner, again other way, tops cross and weave down, all swing |
Honeywell Circle | 1 | Big circle | Circles, chassé in and clap, ditto out, arm-turn partner then arm-turn neighbour (new partner), balance and swing |
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight | 3 | Square | Allemande, grand chain, do-si-do, promenade, swing, pick-up circle. |
I want to be near you | 1 | Square | Separate, round outside, do-si-do corner, promenade partner. |
Jig a Jig Square | 1 | Square | 1st M weaves, 1st W ditto, balance and swing, do-si-do, men star, then star promenade, then tunnelling. |
Joe Taylor's Dance | 2 | Square | 1s out through 3s and weave back, men star and move women, grand chain, crossings |
Julia's Frolics | 1 | Longways | Arches go left and right while people burrow; turn partner, clapping, swing, step 1 place left, spare people burrow. |
La Bastringue | 2 | Set dance | Stars, arch, strip willow. |
La Russe | 1 | Square | Balance and swing contraries, ditto partner, 1s keep swinging then promenade, crossing, circle and promenade home. |
Leaving for Barbados | 1 | Set dance | Gallop to and fro with all couples joining in one by one. |
Levi Jackson Rag | 4 | Other | Sides right & left while heads lead down; circles and cast; dosido. 5 ladies chain, promendade, balance and swing. |
Little Log Cabin | 1 | Square | Two couples promenade, stars with diagonal pairs, circle, in and out, swing |
Lucky Seven version 1 | 1 | Big circle | Circle L 16, in and out twice, grand chain for 7, swing. |
Lucky Seven version 2 | 1 | Big circle | In and out twice, do-si-dos, grand chain for 7, swing. |
Maggie Mixer | 2 | Big circle | Lead, chassé, counter-march, do-si-do, swing. |
McCann's Reel | 2 | Sicilian circle | Do-si-dos, big circles, small circles, all march, one couple pops through arch to progress. |
Military Two-Step | 1 | Couple | Heel-&-toe twice, go forwards, turn, repeat; kicks, woman turns to face, polka round |
Mock Turtle Hornpipe | 1 | Sicilian circle | Step-hop. circles, arch under and back, stars, side-steps past |
Monte Carlo | 1 | Square | Forward and back, circle, star, do-si-do, swing, promenade. |
Moving Along | 1 | Big circle | In and out twice, turn partner and move on, ditto next, ditto next, do-si-do next, swing the next |
Ninepins | 1 | Square | Gallop, swing, circle. |
Nottingham Swing | 1 | Longways | Corners forearm swing, 1s down and up and cast, all swing. |
OXO Reel | 1 | Set dance | Forward and back and gallop twice. Make OXO, gallop, swing. |
Pat-a-Cake Polka | 1 | Couple | Heel & toe x2, go forwards; repeat the other way; clapping; move on. |
Peggy's Parade | 2 | Square | Heads do-si-do and cast; ladies chain. Sides ditto. W do star promenade, drop partner, star on 3 places, balance and swing new partner. |
Pop Goes the Weasel | 1 | Longways | 1s pop 2nd woman, then 2nd man; 1s down and up; all swing and progress. |
Pride of Dingle | 2 | Set dance | (4 couples plus 1 person) March up or down, dingle climbs ladder, forward and back, swing. |
Quarndon Hill | 1 | Sicilian circle | 1s gallop round and back, 2s ditto, stars, forward and back, arch through and back and on |
Rachel's Reel | 1 | Set dance | Slips and circle twice, elbow turn partner, top man / bottom woman (alternating) cast to bottom. |
Reel of Ballymore | 2 | Big circle | In and out, promenade, turns, balance and swing. |
Return of the Antelope | 2 | Set dance | Waves on the sides, turn, repeat; 1s swing, grand chain, all swing |
Rozsa | 2 | Couple | Sway, turn and lock, chassé left & right, sway, unlock: balance in and out, chassé left & right, waltz |
Sheldon Lions' Jig | 3 | Set dance | Forward and back, do-si-do, thread the needle, lead to the bottom, cast, up through arch, swing. |
Sibyl's Roundabout | 2 | Big circle | In and out twice (men stay in 2nd time), do-si-do, chassé left and right, make wavy circle, balance, allemande, balance, figure-of-8 to new partner and swing. |
Silly Threesome | 1 | Big circle | Sicilian threesome. Go forwards, middles turn ends, forwards, tunnelling. |
Sir Roger de Coverley | 2 | Set dance | Forward and back, turns, back-to-back, cast, up through arch. |
Snakes and Ladders | 1 | Longways | 1st M leads both W lead round 2nd M, then 2nd M leads them round 1st M; poussettes, arches. |
Soldier's Joy | 3 | Longways | 1s down and up, reel of four, all down and up passing through, polka round. |
Solitaire | 3 | Other | Set, arm turn, reel of three, in to the middle and back. |
St Bernard's Waltz | 1 | Couple | Forwards, stamp, back, chassé in and out, waltz on |
Steamboat | 1 | Longways | Lines down and back, all down and up passing through, stars, swing and change |
Stepping Stone Rag | 2 | Set dance | Diagonal do-si-dos, stars, 1s dip forwards and backwards to bottom. |
Strip the Willow (set dance) | 1 | Set dance | Strip the willow! |
Strip the Willow Square | 2 | Square | Heads gallop, sides gallop; heads strip willow round square; circles, balance and swing. |
Suicide Square | 1 | Set dance | All couples against wall round the room, galops across and back. balance and swing, men do inner circle while women do outer, grab new partner. |
Sweets of May | 1 | Sicilian circle | Circles, stars, balance and swing partner and opposite, do-si-dos, forward and back and on. |
The Amazon | 2 | Sicilian circle | Circle L, do-si-do Partner; circle R, do-si-do Opposite; form pairs and woman steers couple round and back. |
The Carousel | 1 | Sicilian circle | Do-si-dos, make circle and balance, then circle L, ditto R; elbow balances, then rotate a line of four. |
The Geud Man of Ballangigh | 2 | Longways | Couples in turn go round other couples; setting, half-circle, change places |
The Heartbreaker | 2 | Square | Circle L and R, 4-ladies-chain, 1s through arches, do-si-dos. |
The Heathfield Rag | 3 | Set dance | Turns, chassés, circles, cross. |
The Leaving of Liverpool | 2 | Set dance | Lines, gates, circle, cross and cast. |
The Mozart | 2 | Set dance | To centre and back, 1s weave down, balance and swing, forward and back and on. |
The New Parliament House Jig | 3 | Other | 3 rows of 3: double casts, circles, stars, reels of 3, lines interchange. |
The Oak Tree | 2 | Set dance | Cast, circle x 2, 2s corner-partner-corner-partner, gallops. |
The Pawnbroker | 2 | Set dance | Gallops with chases, 3 circles, squeeze. |
The Ploughboy | 2 | Set dance | Swing, down and back, stars, corners cross, circle and cast. |
The Retiring Librarian | 2 | Set dance | Circle, star, do-si-do, swing, promenade. |
The Short and the Tall | 4 | Set dance | Stars, Devil's Elbow, half circle, turn partner, down through arch, do-si-do. |
The Snowball | 1 | Set dance | Progressive glossary dance - turns, stars, circles, lines, gallops, cast. |
The Steps of Waterloo | 1 | Sicilian circle | Circles, stars, basket, forward and back and pass on. |
The Tempest | 2 | Longways | Circles, galops, ends swing while middles star, dip-&-dive or fwd-&-back. |
The Three-hand Reel | 2 | Set dance | 2s swing 1st and 2nd corners; reels on sides; 1s swing down. |
The Willow Tree | 2 | Set dance | Galops down to fetch someone, ends strip willow to middle and make arch, others cast through arch. |
Tumbling Tom's Tonic | 2 | Other | Reels, swings, clapping, women star while men walk round: women progress |
Twelve Reel | 2 | Square | Square of threesomes. Forwards and back, repeat swapping ends, middles elbow swing, reels, middles move round. |
Untitled Square | 3 | Square | 1s do-si-do and right-&-left round the set, then women and men alternately roll to left; promenade. |
Up the Middle and down the Sides | 2 | Set dance | Gallop, arch, poussette, dance round. |
Waltz Country Dance (version 1) | 2 | Sicilian circle | Waltz time. Balance and change places with opposite then partner. Balance the circle, women roll across, four times. Waltz on. |
Waltz Country Dance (version 2) | 2 | Sicilian circle | Waltz time. Balance and change places with opposite then partner. Balance the circle, women roll across, four times. Waltz on. |
Waterfall Waltz | 2 | Sicilian circle | Waltz time. Men turn, do-si-do corner, women likewise, chassé past, turn partner, repeat, circle left and on. |
Waves of Tory | 2 | Set dance | Forward and back and cross; tops gallop down, all dip and dive. |
Weaver Jig | 1 | Sicilian circle | Circle, star, do-si-dos, dip and dive 4 times to move on, basket. |
Weaver's Galopede | 1 | Set dance | Thread needle, gallops and crossings, swing. |
Whalebones | 1 | Set dance | Casts and arches. |
Wherries Circle Contra | 1 | Sicilian circle | Circles, big circles, stars, do-si-do, forward and back and on (unusual starting formation). |
Witch's Reel | 1 | Set dance | Down and back, cast, thread needle. |