| Set: | 2 couple radial. |
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| Music: | The Gypsy Hornpipe. |
| Trivia: | "The Doubling Map" is a fancy name for multiplying by two (more specifically, it's what dynamicists call the map on the unit interval x -> 2x (mod 1)). It's a large part of the PhD for the person who wrote it; the dance is all about multiplication by two. |
Start in place.
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| Figure 1: | Right arm turns | |||
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| 1-8 | In
pairs, right arm turn once around
(quite slow). On 8, as you drop, middles back turn and take waist hold with their partner. | |||
| 9-16 |
Repeat but in pairs (middles take right arms, ends punch on the appropriate beats). All drop on 16 and face your partner. | |||
| Chorus | ||||
| Middles: | ||||
| 1-4 | Sidestep right and left, moving backwards to switch places and face each other, finishing standing. | |||
| 5A | Clap own hands. | |||
| 5B | Clap right hands with each other. | |||
| 6 | Clap own hands under lifted left leg. | |||
| 7-8 | Repeat, clapping left hands and clapping under lifted right leg. | |||
| Everyone: | ||||
| 9-12 | Sidestep right and left, middles moving forwards to switch places and face their partner again, finishing standing. | |||
| 13-16 | Clapping as before with partner. | |||
| Figure 2: | Gypsy | |||
| 1-8 | Gypsy
with your partner. On 8, middles Back turn three quarters while ends turn right a quarter, to face 45 degrees out to the left in the same direction as each other. | |||
| 9-16 | "Double gypsy": same movement as before, but a bit larger and going around the other couple in pairs, alternating between a line and square. | |||
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| On 16, all turn to face your partner. | ||||
| Chorus | ||||
| Figure 3: | Back-to-back | |||
| 1-8 | Back
to back right shoulders with your partner. Middles back turn on 8 to face each other. | |||
| 9-16 | "Double back-to-back": same as before,
but couples acting as a unit and performing a back-to-back with the
other couple. Because of the distance, it will probably take two steps to go forward (beats 9-10) and three to go back (beats 13-15). On 16, middles back turn to face their partner again. | |||
| Chorus | ||||
| Figure 4: | Polka Changes | |||
| 1-6 | Three-quarter polka turn on the spot. | |||
| 7-14 | Polka round to place with the other couple. | |||
| 15-16 | Quarter polka turn on the spot back to place. | |||
| Chorus | ||||
| Figure 5: | Zig-zags | |||
| 1 | Pass partner left shoulders, not going too wide. | |||
| 2 | Back turn into their place. | |||
| 3-4 | Repeat back to your own place. | |||
| 5-8 | Repeat 1-4 to go round again. | |||
| 9-16 | Zig-zag hey for 4, finishing home. | |||
| Chorus | ||||
| Except: | ||||
| 15A | Clap own hands as before. | |||
| 15B | Clap partner's left hand as before. | |||
| 16A | Turn one quarter to the right with the right foot with a stamp. | |||
| 16B | Hoy. | |||
| Dance off | ||||
| 1 | Step forward. | |||
| 2 | Quarter turn right. | |||
| 3- | Lead off | |||