joreth | (Reply)

Well, the song in 13/8 is Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat from the musical Cats, so it's reasonably famous (longing running show on Broadway). But it's not going to turn up at a place for dancing. It has, of course, been danced to, in the play, but then it's choreographed and not classical dancing at all. We used to have the piano music to tons of songs from musicals in my house when I was growing up, and the 13/8 time really stood out and was memorable. It's a fun thing to throw at people who aren't expecting it, but it's fun because it's so rare. You're just not going to have to deal with it under normal conditions. Although if you are a very good dancer and think you can improvise to a time signature like that, it'd be interesting to see. That extra step is going to keep throwing you.