<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">One thing I included in beginner sessions was an explanation that (for example) "allemande right one time" could have two different meanings. I'd demo it once, beginning facing the dancer I was turning with, and ending exactly in that same position. I'd have everyone try that. Then I'd explain that often allemande (or dosido) once was used to interact with a person but return to another person. I'd demo that, and they'd try it. It didn't take long, the participants seemed to appreciate it, and I promised I'd remember to tell them which "one time" we were doing during the dances. The same is true for "once and a half" of course. The wonderful mixer Nervous Breakdown starts with four "once and a half" figures that each send you on to a new person. It could be a good lesson on momentum, flow and timing.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard Fischer</div><div class="">Princeton, NJ</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 29, 2019, at 7:41 PM, K Panton via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I think that whole "momentum" topic is very useful and, in my experience, aside from the occasional reference in a walk-through it is typically left for the dancer to connect the dots on their own. </span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">It goes hand in hand with awareness of transitions (i.e. the connecting tissue, that we don't often teach, between the figures, that we do teach), I think. (I sometimes think - not really - I'm the only one who can enjoy a lovely transition as much as a lovely figure)<br class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Not sure how one can incorporate yet another teaching point into a beginner session</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>