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| olin |
 Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:47 pm |
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Dear all,
I am a literary translator and am confused about a term 'half set' -
what kind of dance is it? can anyone give me any clues about it, like
where does it come from etc.
thanks for help,
A. B. |
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| Alan Winston - SSRL Admin |
| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:52 pm |
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In article <23fb7689.0405271047.778f6b3e@posting.google.com>, olinb@tlen.pl (olin) writes:
Quote: Dear all,
I am a literary translator and am confused about a term 'half set' -
what kind of dance is it? can anyone give me any clues about it, like
where does it come from etc.
thanks for help,
It would be helpful to give context, both the sentence or paragraph in which
it is used and the time period and locality in which the text is written and
set.
(It's unfortunate that "set" is one of the most overloaded words in country
dancing, referring to, for example, the group and formation of the people
doing a dance ("longways set", "whole set"), a group of dances that go together
("The First Set of Quadrilles"), and even steps ("set and turn single"). So
more information might make it easier for us to figure out what's meant in
the source text.)
-- Alan
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| Michael Collier |
| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 10:05 pm |
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Olin,
I've heard the phrase 'half set' used only in the context of Irish set
dancing. In this case it means two couples, instead of the usual four
couples in a square, adapt the set for just the two. Here I'm talking about
the Irish set dances derived from quadrilles. Half sets were very common in
rural Ireland, some more common than the 'full' set, so that the half set
was a specific variation of the full set.
Today with the set dance revival going on for 20 or so years now, half
sets are less common, but if there are two couples who want to dance the
set, they can certainly adapt. They don't have to sit out the set.
I would also add that in rural Ireland that sets would be adapted for
more than 4 couples also. 6 couples? 10 couples? no problem. Nobody need
sit out if they wanted to dance and there was room.
Sla/n anois,
Michael
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I am a literary translator and am confused about a term 'half set' -
what kind of dance is it? can anyone give me any clues about it, like
where does it come from etc.
thanks for help,
A. B. |
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