David Mandelberg — Dance — Leah Price and the Impala: A Bängala Dance

Leah Price and the Impala: A Bängala Dance Info

Comment: I wrote this for an English Literature project on Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible. The choreography is meant to resemble a hunt in which Leah Price kills an impala, but Gbenye thinks it was his kill before Nelson proves that Leah had killed the animal.; The active lady is Leah, the active gent is Nelson, the inactive gent is the impala, and the inactive lady is Gbenye.
Date: 2007 March 15
Position: proper
Progression: single

16 beats: active lady and inactive gent gypsy and meltdown into a swing in the center, ending facing down

16 beats: active lady and inactive gent down the center, turn alone, and come back

4 beats: cast around with partner

12 beats: active lady and inactive gent push off in center and return to swing partner

8 beats: ½ ladies' chain

4 beats: roll the ladies away with a half sashay

4 beats: inactives California twirl