Caitlin Bannan

All dances

Forbidden Shadows Duple Minor - Becket · Single Progression — Significant shadow interaction
In the Hall of the Potato King Duple Minor - Becket · Double Progression
Choreographed with Sarah Trop ↗
On the Third Hand Duple Minor - Improper · Single Progression — Written to be a simple dance with a robins left hand chain.
ROFL in Hey Duple Minor - Becket · Single Progression — Robins lead a dolphin hey.
Zig it Right Duple Minor - Becket · Single Progression — Inspired by 'Zag it Back' by Jacqui Grennan.

Figures

Left Diag revolving door (Partner Star Prom 1/2, robins allemande right 1/2)
Neighbor Swing

Larks left full hey start with a ricochet
(Larks Ricochet, Neigh R, Robins L, Part R, Lark L, Neigh R, Robins L)

Partner right shoulder ~1/2, Shadow 1 Left shoulder 1
Pass partner right, Shadow 2 Left shoulder 1

Partner Right shoulder round
Partner Swing

Notes

Significant shadow interaction

Rochelle Hodge told me once that when your shadow becomes your neighbor, swinging them feels forbidden. This inspired the choreography in the B.

Teaching note -- Before you begin, look passed your partner to see shadow 1. Turn away from your partner to see shadow 2.

Figures

Left diagonal right and left through
New robins allemande right 1

Larks allemende left once a little more (6)
Robins fall behind for hands across star all the way around (8)
Switcheroo (2) (Larks dip right hand under left arm, box the gnat)

Larks pass left full hey

Larks lead single file promenade across the set
Partner swing on home side

Notes

Written with Sarah Trop for Queer Camp 2026.

This dance was written as part of a workshop for Queer Camp April 2026, to tell a story about stealing potatoes.

Feel free to reach out to Sarah or me if you'd like to hear more about the story. Or Listen to Emma Azelborn's song called 'Royal Potatoes'

Figures

In long lines, go forward and back
Robins left hand chain to partner

Robins pass left full hey

Partner right shoulder round
Partner swing

Robins allemande right 1 & 1/2
Neighbor swing

Notes

Written to be a simple dance with a robins left hand chain.

Inspired in part by "On the Other Hand (It Works Well With Music)" by Abigail Golden and Qwilleran Chapin Duvall

Watch video ↗

Figures

Circle left 3/4, pass through
New neighbor do-si-do

Neighbor swing
Robins right shoulder round 1 1/2

Robin 2 follow robin 1, robin 1 passes their partner by the left to start a dolphin hey
(Robins&Lark1 Left, Larks right, robins&lark2 left, ...)
End hey by robin2 looping back to partner

Partner right shoulder round
Partner swing

Notes

Robins lead a dolphin hey.

I want more dolphin hey dances in my life.

I wanted to avoid assymetry in the 1s and 2s which isn't as common as it onces was and is challenging in long halls when less dancers get to do both.

I'm still working on how to teach the end of the dolphin hey though, what feels best for the robin 2, let me know if you call it or have ideas.

Figures

Left diagonal, give and take with new neighbors to the larks side
Neighbor swing

long line forward and back
robins chain to your partner

Circle right 4/4 (drop hands with your partner)
Zag to the right, zig to the left
shadow allemande Right 1x

Partner Balance and Swing

Notes

Inspired by 'Zag it Back' by Jacqui Grennan.

I love the combinations of circling right after curtesy turns.

Full disclosure - haven't had a chance to call this to music yet, I think the B1 will be quite quick.

leaving off the balance before the partner swing to give folks time to come out of the allemande could be a good alternative.

Original dances

Forbidden Shadows

In the Hall of the Potato King

On the Third Hand

ROFL in Hey

Zig it Right