Alice Alone (Sharon Green, 4/1/20)
Adapted from Philippe Callens’ modern classic Alice (2002)
Tune: Siciliano by Georg Philipp Telemann
Recorded Sources: Bare Necessities, Mrs. Beveridge’s Triumph; Liz Donaldson, Becky Ross, Coleen Reed, English Echoes
One-person shortways set, alternating direction
AAB
Dedicated to Philippe Callens, il miglior fabbro, with thanks for his brilliant dance Alice.
A1 1-2 Facing up, set in place
3-4 Dance up as if changing with a partner (right shoulder).
Face down
A2 1-2 Facing down, set in place
3-4 Dance down as if changing with a partner (right shoulder).
Face up
B 1-2 Facing up, fall back taking two single steps (step-close,
step-close, with no weight on the closing foot each time)
3-4 Dance up as if changing with a partner (right shoulder).
Face clockwise
5-12 Dance a wide right-shoulder round one and a half times
[End facing down] Turn single right, ending facing down
[Repeat entire dance pattern facing down]
Alice No Longer Alone (Sharon Green, 4/2/20)
Two-person shortways set
A1 1-4 Facing partner, set in place; right-hand turn halfway
A2 1-4 All that again
B 1-2 Facing partner, fall back taking two single steps (step-close, step-close, with no weight on the closing foot)
3-4 Partners cross right shoulder
5-8 Dance a wide right-shoulder round once
9-12 Partners two-hand turn