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Well, in response to Chris's question, I'll explain why I think lots of balances
make for high energy - it's the energy you put into the balance itself - stomping is
just truly active. Then there is the feedback loop that occurs with the dancers becoming a
percussion instrument, and that is inspiring to the band (and since I play piano for the
contra I can attest to this) and makes the band want to put extra zest and pep and
surprises for the dancers to balance to. Which leads me to one of my favorite high-energy
dances, Joel's in the Kitchen, by Sue Rosen. It's on Page 13 of the Ralph Page
Dance Legacy 2004 Syllabus:
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2004.pdf
It's an awesome dance that just moves, and is a lot of fun. Just teach the cross-trail
through well - the rest of the dance is not hard so it can be done later in an evening
even with some newbies present.
Martha
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1. Re: High-energy dances (Richard Mckeever)
2. High-energy dances (Thomas Hurlbut)
3. Re: High-energy dances (Bob Green)
4. Re: High-energy Dances (bobfab(a)aol.com)
5. Re: High-energy dances (Kalia Kliban)
6. Re: High-energy dances (Kalia Kliban)
7. Re: High-energy dances (Mac Mckeever)
8. Re: High-energy dances (Bob Green)
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:06:25 -0700 (PDT)
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The balance gets you stomping your feet a little and you whole body moving back and forth
to create a momentum for what ever comes next.? It is a time when all of the dancers can
be considered to have a 'lead' role by using the arm connections
('weight') to lead the others in the direction of the next figure.? In Du Quoin
Races - 3 of the balances are in wavy lines where you feel a connection with several other
dancers (the other is a circle balance).
Other than that - I just watch the dancers during these balances and you can see they are
feeling something special
Mac McKeever
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What I'm missing is why balances make a dance high-energy. Could
anyone help explain?
If I had to guess randomly, I'd guess the energy level was caused by
the music, and by the overall activity level....
-Chris Page
San Diego
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It's not so balance-y as others suggested
here, but definitely high energy: 3-33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson.
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I especially like John Coffman's dance 'Alternating Currents'.
N balance & swing.
R & L thru;
(same N) M rollaway L, then L rollaway M.
L allemande-R 1.5x;
P swing.
Balance-the-ring & petronella turn;
Balance-the-ring & california Twirl.
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Here's the vid:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/319-alternating-curr…
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Hi all,
What are your favorite high-energy dances, especially those with lots of
balances and without heys?? My search of my books has yeilded very few.
Thanks,
Rickey Holt,
Fremont, NH
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http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers I especially like John Coffman's dance
'Alternating Currents'.
N balance & swing.
R & L thru;
(same N) M rollaway L, then L rollaway M.
L allemande-R 1.5x;
P swing.
Balance-the-ring & petronella turn;
Balance-the-ring & california Twirl.
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I like Katie's Trip to Starbase 12
by Merrilee Karr.
The basket swing is really fun.
> other bits snipped for terseness.
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On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote:
Anybody know who the band is in that video clip? I really like them.
Sounds like the caller's having a good time too.
Kalia
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On 4/23/2013 8:06 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote:
Anybody know who the band is in that video clip? I really like them.
Sounds like the caller's having a good time too.
Kalia
OK, to answer my own question, I found another version of the same clip
with the text: The Band is Euphor: Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne,
and Michael Valliant. The tune is "Drop in the Bucket" by Matt Turino
So there. But Euphor? Not Euphoria?
K
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Euphor is from Champaign/Urbana IL
Euphoria is a band from Lawrence KS
Both are really good dance bands - but very different.? We are fortunate to have them
both make the trip to ST Louis to play for us.
Mac McKeever
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On 4/23/2013 8:06 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote:
Anybody know who the band is in that video clip?? I really like them.
Sounds like the caller's having a good time too.
Kalia
OK, to answer my own question, I found another version of the same clip
with the text: The Band is Euphor: Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne,
and Michael Valliant. The tune is "Drop in the Bucket" by Matt Turino
So there.? But Euphor?? Not Euphoria?
K
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Here is Mac calling Du Quoin races...sort of... ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wH3TRPECJo
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Richard Mckeever <macmck(a)ymail.com> wrote:
The balance gets you stomping your feet a little
and you whole body moving
back and forth to create a momentum for what ever comes next. It is a time
when all of the dancers can be considered to have a 'lead' role by using
the arm connections ('weight') to lead the others in the direction of the
next figure. In Du Quoin Races - 3 of the balances are in wavy lines where
you feel a connection with several other dancers (the other is a circle
balance).
Other than that - I just watch the dancers during these balances and you
can see they are feeling something special
Mac McKeever
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances
What I'm missing is why balances make a dance high-energy. Could
anyone help explain?
If I had to guess randomly, I'd guess the energy level was caused by
the music, and by the overall activity level....
-Chris Page
San Diego
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**************************************** It's not so balance-y as others suggested
here, but definitely high
energy: 3-33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson.
Mark Hillegonds
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Hi all,
What are your favorite high-energy dances, especially those with lots of
balances and without heys? My search of my books has yeilded very few.
Thanks,
Rickey Holt,
Fremont, NH
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