<div dir="ltr"><div><div>John, I like what you said: "To do more certainly would be best with permission, awareness of offered assistance."<br></div>This might be also be one of the way to give him/her a hint that there is a problem and that we are willing to help solve the said problem.<br><br></div>Claire.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I'd love to hear suggestions on how to approach a dancer like the one in question, and broach the subject.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Ron Blechner</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 7, 2017 1:20 PM, "JD Erskine via Callers" <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.<wbr>net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2017-03-07 0627, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:<br>
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I’d like to add another point to Neal’s reasoning:<br>
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As a 5 foot 1 inch woman dancer (and a caller), I can also add that the<br>
female of the human species is known to generally be smaller than the<br>
male.<br>
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major snip<br>
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In general, then, it’s a lot<br>
easier for a big guy to gently direct a small mixed-up woman in the<br>
right direction, than it is for me to change the course of the Titanic<br>
once it starts blundering among the icebergs. That is definitely another<br>
reason people tend to notice the problem with male dancers more. But we<br>
have had at least one large dancing-challenged woman whose size made it<br>
equally difficult to direct - I occasionally tried dancing as the man<br>
with her, but gave it up because it hurt my arms too much.<br>
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Martha<br>
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George Marshall was in town in the autumn. A teaching point that stood out for me in his pre-dance/inclusivity workshop was, that if someone is still/stationary it's more difficult to move them or guide them to where they might go.<br>
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If someone is dancing (simply in motion of some sort), even if in a place other than expected, they may be directed more easily.<br>
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(I keep thinking an air-hockey table at work, however I'm from "up here".)<br>
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If our male dancer in question is lumbering, stiff, not moving much, and can/may move, then assisting him in that might help make it easier to direct him more in the normal flow of the dance.<br>
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To do more certainly would be best with permission, awareness of offered assistance.<br>
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Cheers, John<br>
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J.D. Erskine<br>
Victoria, BC<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><b>Claire</b></span></div></div>
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