[Callers] New dance?

Don Veino via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Mar 28 07:29:02 PDT 2016


Jefferson and Liberty.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I have another question to pose:
>
> Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician?
>
> While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political
> view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie
> doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the
> burn".)
>
> In Dance,
> Ron Blechner
> On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from
>> the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right
>> a bit early to star right with the next neighbor.  What am I not seeing
>> correctly or is that true?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pat
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <
>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which
>> is a little too long.  I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2.
>> I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a
>> two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank
>> you for the suggestions for changing that bit.
>>
>> Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow
>> was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said
>> she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which
>> she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric,
>> ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a
>> better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing
>> and said it needs some other element to break it up.
>>
>> This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who
>> just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle
>> right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He
>> noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over,
>> but should stand "proper."
>>
>> I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more
>> of your ideas.
>>
>> -Amy
>>
>> > On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <twhinds at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Nice dance Amy.  I really like the sequence of moves.
>> > I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande
>> right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
>> >
>> > Hope you don't mind suggesting a change.  I would change the allemande
>> right to once and a half.  That would give us:
>> >
>> > B2    neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
>> >    ladies ric.  men pass left
>> >
>> > T
>> >
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