Work Record

Identifier: contraDance:0000001

Class [controlled]: • country dancing [LCSH 85033454]

*Work Type [link]: • contra dance [LC AFSET 004092] • double-line set dance [LC AFSET 005457]

*Title/Name: Delphiniums and Daisies

*Creator Display: Tanya Rotenberg

*Role [link]: choreographer [AAT 300025649]  [link]: Rotenberg, Tanya [contraName:0000002]

*Creation Date: 1985 [controlled]: • Earliest: 1985 • Latest: 1985

*Subject [links]: • country dancing [LCSH 85033454] • dance notation [LCSH 85035645] • folk dances [AAT 300389783] • social dances [AAT 300389784] • wedding dances [LCSH 2011000107]

*Current Location [link]: not applicable

Creation Location [link]: Philadelphia (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States) [TGN 7014406]

Culture: American [AAT 300107956]

*Measurements: 64 beats per performance

[controlled] Value: 64 Unit: beats Type: performance duration

*Materials and Techniques: dance notation [AAT 300417623]

*Formations and Figures: longways duple improper dance with alternating allemandes and a hey for four

Formation [links]: • longways set • duple minor • improper Figure: [links]: • allemande left • ravens chain • hey for four • swing • circle left • allemande right

Music Motif: jigs [LCSH 85070528]

*Dance Notation:

A1

Neighbors allemande left 1 ½ (8 beats)

Ravens chain to partner (8 beats)

A2

Hey for four, ravens lead right (16 beats)

B1

Partner swing (16 beats)

B2

Circle left ¾ (8 beats)

Neighbors allemande right 1 ½ (8 beats)

Variations [link]: • unnamed variant of Delphiniums and Daisies [contradance:0000002]

Related Work [link]: • Streetsboro Daisies [contradance:0000007]

Description: Contemporary contra dance composed in honor of the 20th wedding anniversary of the choreographer’s parents, recognizing the flowers in her mother’s wedding bouquet. Beginning to intermediate difficulty. Creator-Statement: I wrote this dance and couldn't get it to work out. A few years later in 1985, I tried again, and this time it came out great. I dedicated the dance to my parents’ 20th wedding anniversary. The flowers they had at their wedding were delphiniums and daisies, which explains the name. I started working on this dance again when my father wanted to start calling contras and asked me for a dance which was easy enough for beginners, but not boring for more experienced dancers. I couldn't find any in my repertoire, so I dragged this one back out and fixed it up for him.