Circassian Circle ~ RSCDS

Circassian Circle is an English Country Dance published by Chivers in 1822 (The Handbook of Modern Dancing). But the earliest description I was able to copy was in Wilson of 1852 (The Art of Dancing). https://www.google.co.uk/books..../edition/The_Art_of_

This is a Scottish version which first appeared in RSCDS Book 1 in 1924 (one of the first dozen Scottish Country Dances).

This appears to be the original name for what we now call a "Sicilian Circle". Today we think of it as a way of dancing in a circle rather than longways that can be applied to almost any minor set dance. But once upon a time there was an actual dance of that name.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance is 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.

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