[Callers] tips for teaching dancing the "other" role?

[Aahz Maruch via Callers]

On Tue, Jul 05, 2016, Susan Pleck via Callers wrote:
>
> I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this
> Saturday on gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching
> roles. Not having done this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts
> or advice about what this should include. For the gender-free
> aspect, I'm not sure there's much to discuss, really; ir'd be more
> just giving dancers a chance to practice responding to different
> terms. For dancing the other role, though, what points of emphasis
> do you think would be most useful? Two that come to mind are swing
> positioning/giving weight, and figures such as a chain where the
> actions of the two roles are different.

Depending on what kind of group you have, it might be easier to teach
them "from scratch".  Obviously, you could go a lot faster with
experienced dancers, but starting fresh -- and telling them they're
starting over -- might put them into a more accepting mindset and give
you the opportunity to correct any flaws in their previous dancing.

I know that I for a long time was using a poor left-hand shoulder hold
for raven swinging (until Kelsey corrected me).
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