[Callers] Giving Weight

[Jonathan Sivier via Callers]

    Leaning back implies, at least to me, bending backwards at the 
waist.  This is something we definitely don't want dancers to do. 
Instead they need to move their center of gravity backwards a little. 
This can be done by bending the knees and waist a very little, as if you 
were going to sit down.  That plus the rotation should provide enough 
force to provide the tension/counterweight.  So we may want the dancers 
to move the core of their body back a little, but not by leaning.

Jonathan


On 6/24/2015 3:22 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
> My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a swing,
> if you do not lean back.
> Rich
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers
> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers at lists.sharedweight.net>>
> wrote:
>
>     On 6/24/2015 11:29 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
>
>
>         How do you descibe giving weight, and how do you teach it for
>         circles,
>         allemandes, and, swings?
>         Rich
>         Stafford, CT
>
>
>     In my beginner sessions, I have them form a ring and then circle
>     left and right a couple of times.  Then I ask them to bend their
>     elbows and feel "that springy tension between you and the dancers
>     next to you.  If you can keep that elasticity while you're connected
>     to other dancers, then you're all supporting each other as you
>     circle and turn, and it makes everything easier."  And then we
>     circle again, with the extra bit of sproing, and then do the same
>     with allemandes.  Just for fun, sometimes I'll have them go back to
>     the floppy arms, just to feel the difference.  I also let them know
>     that with a little bit of tension in the connection, it's easier for
>     the person they're dancing with to give them physical cues.
>
>     And I know there's a better word than tension, and I'm pretty sure
>     I've used it in the past, but right now I can't think of it.
>
>     Kalia
>     Sebastopol, CA
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