Figures Of Eight Across
In Figures of eight across, two Dancers, usually a Couple, each perform a Figure of eight Across, over either the same or separate paths, and Finishing in the Places in which they Started.This full sequence is rarer than either the half form, Figures of eight across halfway, or the double form, Double figures of eight across in which two Couples follow overlapping paths.
Figures of eight across often occurs in combination with some other Figure performed by Supporting couples, such as in bars 9-16 of the Scottish Country Dance Friday's Child, in which 1st Man Dances a Figure of eight around 3rd Places While 1st Lady Dances a Figure of eight around 1st Places While the Corners Dance Right and lefts.
In a particularly rare form, as in bars 1-8 of the 5-Couple Reel, Piper's Wedding (Johnstone), three dancers each perform a Figure of eight Across over the same path.
Here are examples of those Scottish Country Dances for which we have instructions on this site and in which the term, Figures of eight across, either appears explicitly or is implied; note that for a common term these will be a small selection; for a rare term, these may be all that exist:
Aiken Tree
Glenalmond Gamekeeper
Langside Ladies Jig
Morland Triples
Newmachar Reel
Ski Tow
Stars Of The South
Strathcarron
Wellbrae
Wigtown Cross
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