[Callers] yet another gypsy substitute (YAGS)

[Gary Shapiro via Callers]

In ECD, someone (I believe it was Fried de Metz Herman) came up with a
figure called face en face, with a French pronunciation. Not sure why it
wasn't face à face. I describe it as the last two-thirds of a 1-1/2 dos à
dos.


On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

>    I just had a thought for another possible substitute if we need to
> replace the term "gypsy".  This would be "vis-a-vis" (face to face).  I
> like this since it is in some sense similar to dos-a-dos (back to back) and
> makes them complimentary figures.  I think it suggests the importance of
> facing the person you are dancing with, making eye contact, though not
> necessarily staring, during the figure.  Since many of the figure names in
> country dance come from French words, sometimes corrupted by time and the
> folk process, it seems reasonable to borrow another French term.  I'm not
> aware of this term already being used for some other dance figure, let me
> know if it is.  Even though it has 3 syllables instead of 2 I kind of like
> the sound of "vis-a-vis and swing!"
>
>    Just putting it out there for your consideration.
>
>
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