Promino Nine
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Promino Nine (J9x32) 32 bar jig for nine people in a 9 Person Square set, Devised By Murrough Landon, 2018.For nine people, of arbitrary or non-binary genders, arranged as for a normal four couple square set with one extra person in the centre. The outer dancers are numbered 1-8 clockwise around the set from 1st woman's traditional place (1) to 4th man's place (8) with number 9 in the centre facing numbers 1 and 2 (traditionally 1st couple).
This is a promenading variation of Domino Five.
1-8 9 dances a reel of three with 1 and 2 and 5 and 6 in promenade hold, starting by passing 1 and 2 right shoulder and ending with 9 facing 7 and 8.
9-16 9 dances a reel of three with 7 and 8 and 3 and 4 in promenade hold, starting by passing 7 and 8 left shoulder and ending with 9 facing 1 and 2 again.
17-20 9 dances out between 1 and 2, loops round to the right and dances back in between 3 and 4 to face 7 and 8 while 1 and 2 and 5 and 6 dance half rights and lefts.
21-24 9 dances out between 7 and 8, loops round to the left and dances back in between 1 and 2 (in places 5 and 6) to face 5 and 6 (now in places 1 and 2) while 3 and 4 and 7 and 8 dance half lefts and rights.
The order is now 5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,9.
25-32 Final progression: alternating 2/3 right and 1/3 left hands across (those in the conventional women's places end in the centre for the next hands across).
9 dances 2/3 right hands across with 7 and 8 (in places 3 and 4). 7 ends in the centre. - 7 dances 1/3 left hands across with 5 and 6 (in places 1 and 2). 5 ends in the centre.
5 dances 2/3 right hands across with 3 and 4 (in places 7 and 8). 3 ends in the centre.
3 dances 1/3 left hands across with 1 and 2 (in places 5 and 6). 1 ends in the centre facing up to places 1 and 2. The final order is 6,7,8,9,2,3,4,5,1.
The more energetic could do four 2/3 hands across ending in the order 7,5,8,9,3,1,4,6,2. The less energetic could do four 1/3 hands across ending in the order 6,8,9,7,2,4,5,3,1.
(Dance crib compiled by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA February 2018)
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This non-binary nonet is dedicated to all those who do not feel they fit into the binary male/female gender categories.Recommended music: Suggested tune: Father O' Flynn (Traditional); suitable recording Three Squared (Marian Anderson and her SDB: The Sunday Class Book 1).
(Dance information by the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA February 2018)
Published in Promino Nine, reproduced here with the kind permission of the deviser, Murrough Landon, CC BY-SA.
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