Pull Left Shoulder Back

The term Pull left shoulder back is not a Figure in its own right; it refers to an individual dancer and means Turn on the spot or follow a curved path anticlockwise.

It may be used to modify the beginning of a Scottish Country Dance Figure when the dancer is not already Facing in the correct direction and so needs to make a rapid anticlockwise rotation in order to Face correctly, as for example in Cast down from a Standing Place on the Men's Side in a Longwise set.

It is also used to modify the ending of a Figure, as for example in bar 8 of Wicked Willy, where the 1st Man must extend the Half figure of eight on an anticlockwise curve so as to Face 2nd Man (in 1st Man's Place) and similarly 4th Lady so as to Finish Facing 3rd Lady.

Figures

Arches
Casting
Chains
Chasing
Cross And Cast
Crossing
Dance
Drop
Exchange Places
Exchange Positions
Figure Of Eight
Figures Of Eight
Hands Across
Hands Round
On The Spot
Petronella Movements
Polite Turn
Poussette Movements
Pull Left Shoulder Back
Pull Right Shoulder Back
Reel
Reel(s) Of Four
Reel(s) Of Three
Set And Cast
Setting
Standing
Step Down
Step Up
Tandem
Travelling
Turn And Cast
Turning
While

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