Inklings Romp English country dance

Inklings Romp was written for my two youngest kittens, siblings Dash and Violet (aka: the Inklings), and their interactions with their new siblings, Arya and Leeloo. The setting step represents the Inklings romping. The tune is “It Rains by Dogs and Cats,” by David Wiesler. Choreographed May 2018.

Inklings Romp

An English Country Dance by Renée Camus
©May 19, 2018
Final Version: November 29, 2019
Tune: It Rains by Dogs and Cats, by Dave Wiesler, 2015

Duple minor longways, proper
Intermediate-Advanced
ABB ad lib (AB=8 mm each)
9/8 (dotted quarter = 105)

A	1-2	1s set Right and Left.*
	3-4	1s change places as follows: half walkaround (gypsy) Right-shoulder to pass each other, then turn single Left to opposite place (like an S shape).
	5-6	All face your corner and set to Right and Left.
	7-8	All circle Right halfway (3 counts) and turn single Right (cast out of the circle) (3 counts). (Finished progressed, 2s improper).
B1	1-2	All walkaround (gypsy) partner Right shoulder once around, then
	3-4	All walkaround neighbor Left shoulder.
	5-8	2nd diagonals (gents) start a Hey for 4 by passing Right-shoulder in the middle (1st diagonals/ladies loop to start hey). Go slightly more than halfway (4 changes; gents just pass each other again) until you meet your partner (1s are below 2s).
B2	1-2	All draw back into line (like a half poussette** CW: Gents moving forward; Ladies have to reverse momentum). End 1s above, improper (2s proper).
	3-4	All cloverleaf turn single (tops (1s) turning up, bottoms (2s) turning down) (6 counts).
	5-6	All 2 changes of Rights and Lefts (with hands, starting with partner across).
	7-8	All turn partner 2-hands to get proper (1s once around, 2s halfway (or 1½ if they’re fast)).

* This is intended to use a triple setting step: Right-left-right-left-right, Left-right-left-right-left. The setting step represents the kittens romping. 🙂

** The poussette is less than half because it flows out of the hey, so people are not in a perfect square when the poussette starts.

The name of the tune comes from how Dave’s Russian colleague Lev Feigin said the well-known English expression.

Dash and Violet Inklings — The Inklings, Dash and Violet

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