This is dance #6406 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Vortex

by Tom Hinds

Permission: full

FormationBase: Duple Minor - Improper
Progression: Single

Figures:

A1

(6) Circle left 1/2

(10) Neighbor swing

A2

(6) Circle left 3/4

(10) Partner swing

B1

(8) In long lines, go forward and back

(2) Men trade by left

(3) Men loop counterclockwise around neighbor || Women shift left to original place

(3) Mad robin counterclockwise 1/2 around neighbor

B2

(6) Mad robin counterclockwise around neighbor

(6) Partner poussette counterclockwise 1/2

(4) Weave the line with partner (R;L to N2)

Calling Notes:

Middle parts of B1 called by author "a men's 1/2 figure eight". At the end of this, all are in original positions, ready to do the 1 & 1/2 mad robin.
At the start of the poussette, all are progressed
Appearances: No Rest for the Wicked, p 29