8 Feb
2014
8 Feb
'14
6:55 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014, Bill Olson wrote:
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> Flutterwheel isn't quite the same as gent's chain, as the initial
> momentum need is different. And it's not a strongly connected figure.
The momentum difference is precisely why flutter is used frequently in
square dancing. Consider ladies chain followed by flutterwheel: that's
the choreographic equivalent of R&L thru, but 16 beats instead of eight
and feels less awkward coming out of a swing because the man doesn't need
to free his right hand.
The flutterwheel ends the same as a men's chain,
but starts more
like a ladies chain, so yeah, the rotation at the beginning is
reversed.. Seems like it could be useful in some choregraphic (is that
a word) instances.. Less connected for sure..
Could you both explain what you mean by "less connected"? Chain and
flutter seem about equally connected in that both are started by one
gender and finished by the couple working together.
Not like the Men's chain has reached the pinnacle
of popularity
EITHER, (obviously, or we wouldn't be having this conversation of what
to replace it with!)..
Quite frankly, I'm not at this point particularly fond of men chain
because I've done it precisely once (a couple of weekends ago, to be
exact) and a quarter-century of both contra and square dancing have done
nothing to prepare me for a reverse courtesy turn. ;-)
Way easier to do ladies chain as a gender-swapped dancer...
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