This is dance #20208 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Skating on Thin Ice

by Seth Tepfer

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Becket
Progression: Double
Direction: CW

Figures:

A1

(8) Men allemande left 1 & 1/2

(8) Neighbor swing

A2

(6) Circle left 3/4

(10) Partner swing

B1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(2) Pass through across (NR)

(6) Men allemande right 1; form two-faced line

B2

(4) Balance two-faced line (MR)

(4) Walk forward to N2 (women going on slight right diagonal, men on slight left diagonal)

(4) Balance two-faced line (WR) [with N2]

(4) Walk forward to N3 (men going on slight right diagonal, women on slight left diagonal)

Calling Notes:

In the B2, you're with your partner for the two-faced line balances. You also stay on the same side of the set for the entire B2, just changing who's in the center. Seth calls the move a "crossover circulate".
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