Definitions.
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Step Definitions.
- Arming: Means to take each other by the forearm and to rotate around each other (usually for an 8 count) and generally return to your original position. Dances may sometimes specify once, twice or halfway around.
- Double: Step L, bring your R foot to your left foot. Do so again. (4 beats)
- Grève: See Pied en l’air.
- Pied en l’air: Kick the foot into the air in front of the other knee.
- Pied joints: Bring the feet together. (1 beat)
- Pied largis: Take a step to the side. (1 beat)
- Reprise: Rise onto your toes and step R, bringing your heels down. Do so again. Do so again to the L, do so again to the R. (4 beats) Step reconstructed by Mistress Lizbeth Ravensholm in Letter of Dance, vol. 2.
- Reverence is the old-fashioned name for 'honoring your partner'. This simply means that all bow or curtsy. This is done at the beginning of each dance, first to the Presence, and second to one's partner. It is repeated at the end with a bow to one's partner and then to the Presence.
- Siding: Can mean either taking a sideways step and then bringing the feet together or walking forward (usually on a 4 count) to stand shoulder to shoulder with your partner and then backing up (taking the same number of steps) to your original place. The first is usually called a Siding Step and the second is usually a Siding Figure. Sometimes you have to decide from context. The Siding Step is modernly called a Chassé Step. The Siding Figure is the ancestor of the Do-si-do in American Folk Dance.
- Simple: Step to the L and then bring your R foot to stand next to your L one. (2 beats)