Tag and Zag
By Rick Mohr; January 2015
Contra, Duple Improper
Level: Intermediate

A1: Balance and swing neighbor (16)

A2: Down the center, four in line (6)
    Sliding doors (trade places as couples and turn alone) (4)
    Return (bend the line to form a circle) (6)

B1: Balance the ring (4)
    Petronella turn (4)
    Swing partner (8)

B2: Circle left 3/4 (8)
    Zig left with partner, past neighbors (3)
    Zag right with partner, almost past next neighbors (3)
    Men allemande left 1/2 (2)


Rick writes:
An all-moving dance with fun side-to-side movement, and balances at the tops of
the parts.

In the "sliding doors" figure couples dynamically trade ends of a line of four.
It's easy and fun, but unfamiliar and requires careful word choice in the
walkthrough.

Here's one way to teach it: "Go down the hall six steps, and stop. Stay facing
down. Right hand couple take a step forward. When I say go, still facing down,
as couples move sideways to trade places with the other couple. Go! Now turn
alone to face the music."

In B2, couples zig left to progress and then zag right until the new men have
almost passed each other. But then they catch left hands, turning halfway for a
just-in-time balance with new neighbors.

"Tag" in the title is from "tag the line", a Modern Western square dance figure
similar to sliding doors. After naming the dance I learned that the two figures
are actually somewhat different so it's better to call this one "sliding
doors". But never junk a good title!