42. Wheel And Deal

Starting formations

Two-Faced Line, One-Faced Line

Command example

  • Wheel And Deal

Dance action

Each couple works as a unit. Wheel and Deal is danced as one smooth motion, even though the descriptions below break the motion into two parts.

From a Two-Faced Line: Each couple steps forward and then wheels 180 degrees toward the center of the line, with the original center dancers acting as the pivots about which the couples turn. Couples end facing each other.

From a One-Faced Line: The couple on the left steps forward. Then each couple wheels 180 degrees toward the center of the original line, with the original center dancers acting as the pivots about which the couples turn. The couple that started on the right ends in front of the other couple.

Ending formations
From a Two-Faced Line, Facing Couples. From a One-Faced Line, Tandem Couples.
Timing 4
Styling
Use couple handholds. Original center dancers should use the joined handhold to guide the original end dancers to circle around them.

Comments

To assist in understanding this call, here are some helpful facts:

  • Dancers turn toward the center of the line (like Bend the Line, but unlike Wheel Around, which is always toward the left)
  • Each couple ends facing the opposite direction from which they started
  • From a One-Faced Line
    • The couple on the right ends in front
    • The couples pass right shoulders (of the right-hand dancers)

From a One-Faced Line, a more accurate dance action for the couple on the right would be to step forward after the turn. So from a Tidal Line, Wheel And Deal ends in Two-Faced Lines. Because of square breathing (see “Additional Detail: Dance Action: Square Breathing”), this step forward for Wheel And Deal is even more pronounced from Lines Facing In, but unnecessary from Lines Facing Out.

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