21 May
2013
21 May
'13
4:59 p.m.
I seem to remember the original thread where the "folded arms" came up was
teaching traditional dancing in elementary schools and I think that's when Dan gave
his three VERY EXCELLENT reasons why not to try to change anything. I agree completely and
would think the same reasons would apply for a "family" or "community"
dance.
In a 'regular contradance' I really have never seen folding arms as a problem.. I
mean some times newcomers automatically do it, but they stop as soon as they see everyone
else isn't doing it. I have never taught a do sa do spin. When I teach a do sa do I
DO, however, mention to new dancers that they will come across it and it's perfectly
OK and they might want to do it some time in the future, but that doing the basic
"back to back" and getting to the right place at the right time is more
important..
Eventually people are gonna do what is fun for them I think.. I always try to get across
that "their fun" shouldn't be at the expense of anyone else's.. but then
I guess that's another whole subject.. oh my..
bill
From: info(a)contrafusion.co.uk
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:07 +0100
Subject: Re: [Callers] Arms Folded in Dosidos
<<Delayed because I sent from the wrong e-mail account...>>
I personally don't like arms folded in a dosido, so my three points in
favour of not folding was really a light-hearted response to the
previous post with three points in favour of saying nothing.
I always explain these things with a smile, tactfully, and make it
absolutely clear that they can fold their arms if they want: "innovation
and improvisation are good!" :-)
Why teach the dosido spin? Because it helps people to know which way to
spin, and because there are elements like catching your partner's eyes
between the spins that people won't necessarily pick up without some
guidance.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk <http://www.contrafusion.co.uk/> for
Dancing in Kent
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