[Callers] Re: Resources to turn musicians into dance musicians? - length of a typical dance?

Hi Kat, “"piece count" means the number of figures in the dance. “ It is actually a little more subtle than that. Back to Larry Jennings and Zesty Contras again! “Piece count: A measure of the difficulty of a sequence.” “The piece count is an estimate of the number of dance fragments which an “average” dancer must keep in mind to visualize the complete sequence. … a combination of basic movements which occupies one 8-count or 16-count phrase may also count as just one piece because it is familiar or has “obvious” flow. … the piece count is both subjective and dependent on what is familiar in the … area.” A good “story line” can also help a dance. In Zesty Contras Larry gives his view of the piece count for every one of the 500 dances, plus a selection of 20 letter codes that help to characterise the dance. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent