The Hexagonal Water Pavilion
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
The Hexagonal Water Pavilion (J4x48) 48 bar jig for four couples arranged as shown in a spacious longwise set, Devised By Murrough Landon, 2025.1st and 2nd men, also 3rd and 4th women, start in 2nd and 3rd places on their own sides. 1st and 2nd women, also 3rd and 4th men, start on the centre line.
All face diagonally left to their partner. 2nd woman and 3rd man are the dancing pair.
1-8 1st and 3rd couples, also 2nd and 4th couples, dance interlocking rights and lefts. All start by crossing right hands diagonally with their partner. 1st woman and 4th man end pulling left shoulder back to face down and up to 2nd woman and 3rd man on the centre line.
9-16 1st woman, 2nd woman, 3rd man and 4th man dance a right shoulder reel of four on the centre line. 2nd woman and 3rd man end facing across to 1st man and 4th woman.
17-24 2nd woman with 1st man and 3rd woman, also 3rd man with 4th woman and 2nd man, each dance reels of three across. 2nd woman and 3rd man start left shoulder to 1st man and 4th woman respectively.
2nd woman and 3rd man end passing right shoulder so that 3rd man faces 1st and 3rd women and 2nd woman faces 2nd and 4th men.
25-32 Rotating double triangles (those not joining hands may also set).
3rd man with 1st and 3rd women, also 2nd woman with 4th and 2nd men, each set right as in double triangles then move one place round anticlockwise on the left setting step. 3rd man repeats with 1st couple, 2nd and 1st men, then 4th and 2nd men to end facing down to 4th man. Meanwhile 2nd woman repeats with 4th couple, 3rd and 4th women, then 1st and 3rd women to end facing up to 1st woman.
33-44 Extended "Quarries' Jig" figure: 1st and 3rd couples move up the men's side and down the centre line. 2nd and 4th couples move down the women's side and up the centre line.
1-2: Those in the top two and bottom two places on the centre line (1st and 2nd women and 3rd and 4th men) change places right hand while all those on the sides set facing across then turn to face clockwise.
3-4: Those in the middle two places on the centre line (1st woman and 4th man) change places left hand while all those on the outside dance round to the next place clockwise. The positions are now: 2nd and 3rd men down the men's side; 1st and 4th men, 1st and 4th women down the centre; 2nd and 3rd women down the women's side.
5-12: All repeat bars 1-4 twice more from their new places (until 2nd and 3rd couples are facing their partner on the centre line).
End with 1st man and 1st woman down the men's side; 3rd man, 3rd woman, 2nd man, 2nd woman down the centre; 4th woman and 4th man down the women's side.
45-48 3rd couple with 1st woman, also 2nd couple with 4th man, each dance right hands across two thirds round while 1st man and 4th woman set facing each other.
All set facing their partner, ready to repeat from new places.
The progressed order is 3,1,4,2 with 3rd and 1st men down the men's side; 3rd and 1st women, 4th and 2nd men down the centre; 4th and 2nd women down the women's side.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA June 2025)
Dance Notes
One way of arranging the set is to start in a normal longwise set. Then 1st and 2nd women and 3rd and 4th men step forward to the centre line. The others step diagonally back and to their right so they are in lines of three across centred on 2nd woman and 3rd man.If 1st and 3rd couples face 2nd woman and open their arms at right angles their finger tips should be at least a person width apart in a diamond shape. Similarly for 2nd and 4th couples facing 3rd man.
Keith Rose's Crib Diagram
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The Hexagonal Water Pavilion - Scottish Country Dancing Instruction VideoDance Information
The elongated hexagonal set shape, formed from two overlapping diamonds, was inspired by Jeppe Hein's Hexagonal Water Pavilion installation by the Nuremberg Neues Museum for Art and Design.This dance is for the Nuremberg Gartenstadt group led by Annette Lotz who invited me to teach them some of my dances.
Recommended music: Suggested tune The Bonnie Banks of the Cairn (Ian Holmes); suitable recording The Torridon Cross (Marian Anderson and her SDB: The Other Kangaroo Paw).
(Dance information by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA June 2025)
Jeppe Hein's Hexagonal Water Pavilion is a walk-through fountain composed of water walls organised in a hexagonal layout derived from the isometric projection of a cube. The installation stands approximately 2.5 metres high and spans nearly 20 by 13 metres, with ten internal water walls surrounded by six perimeter walls that rise and fall in a timed sequence to form changing interior spaces.
A computer program controls which walls of water shut off based on chance, creating temporary paths for visitors to enter, move through and exit the structure. Initially appears impenetrable, it gradually becomes accessible, guiding participants through an interactive maze of water.
The installation first debuted in Rome in 2007 and later featured in cities including Linz in 2011. It was installed outside the Neues Museum in Nuremberg from 2012, with the museum officially acquiring the work in 2013. Since then it has been regularly reinstalled in front of the museum and at various public squares in Nuremberg.
The structure integrates stainless steel nozzles, pumps, wooden ramps and a computerised system to orchestrate the water flow. As jets of water intermittently disperse, visitors experience sequences of enclosure, revelation and transition, encouraging playful engagement and spontaneous movement within the ephemeral pavilion.
The installation has become a popular summer attraction in Nuremberg. Its interactive fountain design invites public participation and has been noted for its ability to blend art, design and architecture in a single experiential work, enlivening the museum's plaza during exhibition periods.
Hexagonal Water Pavilion, Nuremberg, Germany
Published in The Hexagonal Water Pavilion, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA.
Image copyright (cropped), Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA 2025.
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