18 Feb
2014
18 Feb
'14
6:46 p.m.
With small children, a two-hand turn in place of a swing is usually a good
idea. And I've sometimes used a two-hand turn to show a grown-up partner
what a buzz-step swing ought to feel like.
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Lindsay Morris
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John W Gintell <john(a)gintell.org> wrote:
I've noticed some tall dancers bend their knees
and stoop a bit to make
them closer to the height of the person they are swinging with. A very nice
gesture.
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:23:35 -0500
From: George Mercer <geopmercer(a)gmail.com>
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Height diffferential
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A number of years ago I danced a number of times with a woman who was
much
shorter than me. I am about 5'6" or so
on a good day. She was probably
4'8" give or take an inch. When we'd go into a swing, as my arm went
around
her to her back, she'd lock her left arm down
so that I could hardly get
my
right hand past her side. At first I thought it
was bad form on her
part,
but let it be. Then as I watched her dance with
others, I realized that
when her co-swinger managed to get his arm around her to the "normal"
place
it had the result of lifting her left side up to
what appeared to me to
be
a discomfort level. The taller the man, the
further her left side was
forced to go. I had to learn a new approach to entering a swing, even to
lean toward bad form when the height of the other dancer led me to an
adjusted approach. I'm not suggesting we should teach this, but thinking
about how your technique (good or bad) can cause another discomfort is
worth thinking about. Over the year I've danced enough with men that
I've
also experienced discomfort with this height
differential. Just thinking
out loud. Thanks.
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