<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4079"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4080">I
love using role-neutral swings, and as Maia suggested, I think they are a
fabulous teaching tool to correct awkward swings during a lesson. However, I have observed stress indicators
from some dancers newish to role swapping when I have tried using a neutral
swing. It seems as though having an asymmetrical
swing hold indicates that both parties are in agreement as to who will end up
where at the end of a swing. Even for
regular role swappers, using a neutral swing delays the role decision
concurrence from the beginning of the swing to the end, possibly making people
late to the next move.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4081"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4082"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4083">Mark Pigman<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4084"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4085"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4086">Tacoma,
WA<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4087"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4088"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4089"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4090"> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4091"><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">></font></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4239"> Maia McCormick via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net </span><br></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4094"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4095"><span style="text-indent: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4230"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4231">>Tue Jul 5 14:06:36 PDT 2016</font></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4094"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4238"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4232"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4233">>But, I emphasize that you're both walking (or
buzz-stepping) *forward*,</span></font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4096"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4097">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4098">>roughly
aiming at a point over your partner's shoulder. In fact, *the</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4099">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4100">>footwork
for a swing for both roles is exactly the same!!!* A good way to</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4101">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4102">>emphasize
this might be to have participants do a gender-neutral swing</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4103">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4104">>(e.g.
right hand on shoulder blade, left hand clasped with partner above</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4105">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4106">>the
heads) and then change the hand position into your classic ballroom</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4107">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4108">>swing
(perhaps even trying out ballroom position with person A leading,</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4109">
<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4110">>then
with person B leading) and noting how the footwork stays the same.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4111"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467947980435_4112"></o:p></span></div></div></body></html>