Bush Dancing is good for you – not only as a fun form of physical exercise but, the way we do it, it is a tonic for the soul and the spirit. Bush dancing is very famous and traditional dance form of Australia, danced at social occasions like bush dance parties, reunions, gatherings and private functions as well as school dance workshops.

Mentioned below are two famous bush dances for beginners to bush dance in Melbourne and music.

[b]Abbreviations[/b]
R = right H = hand L.O.D. = line of dance (anticlockwise)
L = left M = man ACW = anticlockwise
CW = clockwise F = foot W = woman
Fwd = forward Sh = shoulder

[b]Flying Pieman[/b]
Author: Noreen Grunseit
Formation: Longways set of 4 couples
Bars
8 Ladies weave — (top 3 ladies weave behind 1st man, in front of 2nd man, behind 3rd man and back to place)
8 Men weave — (top 3 men weave around top 3 ladies & back to place)
4 Slip step to bottom — (top couple take 8 slip-steps to bottom of set using open two-hand hold)
4 Tops Back to 2nd place — (top couple slip step back up into 2nd place)
4 Lines down — (top 3 women join hands as do top 3 men, and take 8 slip steps to bottom of set. Lines go between the bottom couple. At the bottom drop hands and the original top couple step backwards to become new bottom couple)
4 And back — (original 2nd and 3rd couple join hands and slip back to the top, to become new couples 1 & 2)

[b]Jubilee Jig[/b]
Author: David Johnson 1979 for the BMC’s Silver Jubilee
Formation: Large Single Circle, man’s partner on right, all holding hands
Bars Description
4 Circle left — (8 slip steps to the left)
4 Circle right — (8 slip steps)
2 Men to centre — (starting with the right foot, take 4 steps in joining hands on the way in)
2 Men out, ladies in — (ladies, starting with right foot take 4 steps in under raised arm of men then ladies join hands)
2 Ladies out, men in — (men in under ladies raised arms, clapping on the 4th step in)
2 Men out
8 Grand chain — (for 7 persons, partner is no. 1)
8 Swing — (your new partner using a longarm hold. Finish with lady on man’s right ready to start again)

[b]About The Company:[/b]

Shenanigans are one of Australia’s best-known and well regarded music education groups now in their 30th year. They have been performing and teaching bush dance, world dance and multicultural music through workshops in schools and at community events.