Trade – Partner – Analysis

Basic Part 2
Trade – Partner

Links:   Define Standard Module Teach Other Extend

Call Analysis:

Hands needed at the start: If beginning as a Couple, Neither. If beginning as a Mini-Wave, the adjacent hand
Hands held at the end: Adjacent hands

Body flow at the start: If beginning as a Couple, the dancer on the left moves clockwise and the dancer on the right moves counterclockwise. If beginning as a Mini-Wave both dancers move clockwise if the Mini-Wave is right-handed and both move counterclockwise if it is left-handed.
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start

Good preceding calls:
— Pass Thru
— Couples Trade

Good following calls:
If Partner Trade ends in a Left Two-Faced Line:
— Promenade

If Partner Trade ends in Facing Couples:
— Dosado
— Pass Thru
— Right and Left Thru
— Star Thru
— Square Thru

Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:

a) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Partner Trade
Ends in Lines Facing In, Normal Couples.

b) Parallel Two-Faced Lines (Right or Left Handed), “0” (Normal Couples): Partner Trade
Ends in Parallel Two-Faced Lines with the handedness changed, Normal Couples

c) Completed Double Pass Thru, “0” (Normal Couples): Leaders Partner Trade
Ends in Eight Chain Thru formation, Normal Couples

d) Trade By, Normal Couples: Outsides Partner Trade
Ends in Double Pass Thru, Normal Couples

e) Static Square, Normal Couples: Heads Partner Trade
Ends in an Inverted Square with the Heads facing out, Normal Couples.

Some Extended Applications:

a) Lines Facing Out, Same Gender Couples: Partner Trade
Ends in Lines Facing In, Same Gender Couples

b) Completed Double Pass Thru, Same Gender Couples: Leaders Partner Trade
Ends in Eight Chain Thru formation, Same Gender Couples

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): (none)