Excerpt from The English Country Dance, Vol. 5: Graded Series, Containing the Description of the Dances Together With the Tunes, IntermediateThe diagram printed at the head of the notation of each dance shows the initial position of the dancers, the left margin of the page representing the top of the room and the right margin the bottom, the upper and lower sides representing the right and left walls of the room respectively. The top of the room is called the Presence.The General Set, or the Set, denotes the area enclosed by the dancers.In dances, or figures, in which only two couples are engaged, the term contrary is used to denote the man or woman other than the partner.To pass by the right is to pass right shoulder to right shoulder, by the left, left shoulder to left shoulder.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.