The Wizard's Walk

By Ruth Ungar

Improper contra

A1

• Circle left half way; balance in the ring
• repeat to get home

A2

• In your rings of four, starting on the side: grand chain 5 places, gypsy partner left
  • i.e. chain right round, then one more chain to progressed place, then gypsy

B1

• Balance and swing partner, ending facing away from the couple you have been dancing with

B2

• Wizard's walk: 1s separate and go down outside 2s, meet and continue down to split next 2s; 1s now separate and back up outside those 2s, meet and back through previous 2s ready to form the circle to start the dance again
  • the 2s should oscillate in and out to make room
  • for the Lizard Walk variant the 2s can move up the set and back to share the work with the ones.

Ruth wrote this dance to go to the tune of the same name written by her father Jay Ungar.

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