Hopping

I'm so glad most of the dances do not involve hopping. Polka does and the Jive has a distinct bounce, "bouncy baby". Researching the ecossaise, all I found was that it is NOT the Schottische. So I looked in on that dance, and it's another hoppy one, with leg flicks as well. My knees are better, but why push things?
Besides, dancers "in the wild" do a hop with nothing else, and I feel like I'm at an arcade game and should bop them.