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Looking for dances that satisfy the following criteria:
Of 16683 dances in the db, your query matches 112.
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| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | 24 Below | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Almost Never Too Late | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Apples and Coconut | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Bill Bailey | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Blind Date | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bluebirds on My Shoulder | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Bristol Court | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cactus Wren | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Catch a Falling Star | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Cats & More Cats | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cha Cha Chatham | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cha Cha Chatham {web version} | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Chaos Pie | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Charm Bracelet | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Contra Heritage | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Contra Primer | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Coriolus Effect | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Crochet Hook | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dean's Valentine | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Dining Room Etiquette | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Dip for the Oyster, Dive for the Clam | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Down by the Riverside | Melanie Axel-Lute | Three Facing Three |
| Ⓕ | Ducks and Drakes | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Eeyore's Excuse | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Embraceable Reel | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Far, Far From Home | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | The Festive Coquette | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Flying Colors | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Follow the Star | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Fortune's Fool | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Four by Four | Melanie Axel-Lute | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Friends in Pennsylvania | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Frivolity | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Going into Orbit | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Good Neighbors | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Half Awake | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Halloween Twist | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Hand in Hand | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Heather and Broom | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey Nonny No | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey Nonny No {original version} (deprecated) | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Hobbit | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Hors d'oeuvre | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Hypnosis | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Ideal Husband | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Jessica's March | Nadia Tell | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Jessica's March {alternate} | Nadia Tell | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Ⓕ | The Lancaster Invention | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Lancaster Lite | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Lego People | Nadia Tell | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓕ | Less is More | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Lights & Shadows | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Little Black Dress | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Long May It Wave | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Lucky Charm | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | M-Joyable | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Marco's Reel | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Mary Mary | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Melanie's Triplet | Melanie Axel-Lute | Triplet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Melanie's Triplet {web version} | Melanie Axel-Lute | Triplet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Miller's Nephew | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Miller's Thumb | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Molly Pitcher | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | More to the Point | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Morning on Bald Mountain | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Mud in Your Eye | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Mystic Journey | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Nadia on My Mind | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Oh, More Heys! (deprecated) | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | One Good Tern | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Orbiting Venus | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | The Other Contra-cordions | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Out for a Spin | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Pam's Four | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Phalarope Jig | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Phalarope Jig {easier version} | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Piglet's Expotition | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | The Polar Vortex | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Princeton Becket | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Pull/Spin | Nadia Tell | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Pulling Taffy (deprecated) | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Pulling Taffy {revised version} | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Ramapo Romp | Melanie Axel-Lute | Circle Mixer |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Salute to Dave Colestock | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Scatter Promenade | Melanie Axel-Lute | Scatter Mixer | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Show of Hands I | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Show of Hands II | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Sliding into Home | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Slinkin' Around | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Somerville Circle | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | The Spinning Reel | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Spiral Pearl | Nadia Tell | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Star of the Show | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Stolen Kisses | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Sue's Suggestion | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Susquehanna Circle | Melanie Axel-Lute | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Sweetheart | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Teapot Reel | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Thieves Without Honor | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Thunderstorm | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Venetian Blinds | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Walking Out With You {variant} | David Kirchner | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Waving Good-bye | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Whole Enchilada | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Whole Enchilada {web alternate} | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Windy Morning | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Windy Morning {original version} (deprecated) | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Women in Charge | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Wrinkled Ribbon | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ziggity Zaggity | Melanie Axel-Lute | Duple Minor - Improper |
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