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</head><body>Cary Ravitz calls the concept a black box. See his notes on choreography.<br>http://www.dance.ravitz.us/chor.php#m<br><br>Dave Harding<br><br>> On July 11, 2018 at 11:58 AM Kalia Kliban via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:<br>> <br>> <br>> John's comment reminds me that a while back, somebody posted (a link<br>> to?) a list of equivalent moves, things you could substitute for each<br>> other. I've hunted for it recently but apparently haven't come up with<br>> the right combination of search terms, and haven't been able to find it <br>> in the Shared Weight Archives either. Very handy for those times when <br>> you've just got way too many allemande L 1-1/2s in the program.<br>> <br>> Anybody know where that list might be?<br>> Kalia in Sebastopol<br>> <br>> On 7/11/2018 2:17 AM, John Sweeney via Callers wrote:<br>> > Hi Rich, If you have a great dance that you want to call but it has<br>> > a circle, and you have called too many circles, then why not just<br>> > rechoreograph it to remove the circle?<br>> ><br>> > For example you can replace Neighbour Swing; Circle Left 3/4;<br>> > Partner Swing with Neighbour Swing; Balance the Ring; Ladies Cross<br>> > Over (by the right shoulder); Partner Swing or with Neighbour Swing;<br>> > Ladies Balance F/B with Right Hand; Ladies Pull by; Partner Swing<br>> > with no effect on the rest of the dance.<br>> ><br>> > Both versions send the lady smoothly across the set, flowing into<br>> > her partner's arms with the right momentum. The second version can<br>> > be especially satisfying if the ladies use just enough tension to<br>> > catapult each other into their partner's arms.<br>> ><br>> > Happy dancing, John<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> List Name: Callers mailing list<br>> List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net<br>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/<br></body></html>