Ladies' ChainIn its most common usage, the Ladies' chain Figure occurs in 4-Couple Square sets, in Progressive Round the room set dances for 2 Couples and in Longwise sets where two adjacent Couples are on different Sides; essentially, the Couples start Facing each other with each Lady on the right of a Man (usually, but not necessarily, her Partner). The whole Figure takes 8 bars. On the first 2 bars, the Ladies Cross By the right, each Finishing Facing Out in the Opposite Man's Place While each Man Casts anticlockwise to Face In in the adjacent Lady's Place. On the next 2 bars, the dancers Turn halfway on the Sides, the Men Finishing back in their Starting Positions, Facing Out, the Ladies on Opposite Sides, Facing In. These 4 bars are repeated from the new Places and so all return to their Starting Positions, the Men Finishing with a Polite turn so that all Finish Facing In unless the next Figure requires otherwise. Other variants exist for adjacent Scottish Country Dancing Couples in 3-Couple Triangular sets and Up and down in Longwise sets. For example, here are some Scottish Country Dances in which the term, Ladies' Chain, is used in either the Minicrib or the Maxicrib Dance instructions or both -
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