Desperation
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
DESPERATION (R8x32) 3C (4C set) Cliff Fryer 19941- 8 1s+2s set and rotate:
Set, Rotate singly and dance on 1 place clockwise, change places RH on sides and dance on 1 place to own sides (1s in 2nd place)
9-16 1s+2s dance RH across, 1s+3s dance LH across
17-24 1s dance Reels of 3 on sides, 2s+1s pass RSh to start
25-32 2s+1s+3s dance 6H round and back 213
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams
Dance Instruction Videos
Desperation - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction Video
"The Desperate Man" (Le Désespéré, Self-Portrait) Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), Oil On Canvas, c. 1843
Image from Gustave Courbet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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