[Callers] Giving Weight

Ron Blechner via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Wed Jun 24 20:20:04 PDT 2015


I do 2 hand turn first.
On Jun 24, 2015 4:22 PM, "Rich Sbardella via Callers" <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> 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> 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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