30 Sep
2019
30 Sep
'19
4:18 p.m.
I think it helps to explain the WHY of why you would want to turn over your right shoulder
rather than to the left. To a newbie that might seem random.
For people who are just trying to memorize moves, it makes no more sense to spin right
than to spin left. (It all feels terribly non-intuitive, and saying spin over your RIGHT
shoulder won’t stick because they don’t know WHY right rather than left and there are too
many other things to memorize.) But if you say “you want to spin to your right because
you’re already turning to your right to take that person’s place, so if you want to spin,
just continue that turn, spinning in the same direction you’re already turning” then
they’ll realize they don’t have to MEMORIZE which way to turn—they just need to move in
the direction they want to go.
Happy to explain the weird overly-cognitive folks to you. ;-)
Becky
On Sep 30, 2019, at 4:02 PM, joe micheals via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I’m joining the conversation late here so if already discussed forgive me…but when
dancers fight momentum. Like turning over their left shoulder on a Petronella. I try to
point out how joyful it is for me going over the right shoulder but i wonder if it is
nature VS nurture when I see it persist…thoughts?
On Sep 29, 2019, at 5:44 AM, tom hinds via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Alan,
You raise an interesting question. After I’ve had time to sleep on it, I’ve come up with
some other issues to raise and.discuss.
I’m curious if you have a beginning workshop before the dance.
In my opinion the skills needed for a new dancer to not only survive their first dance
but to actually enjoy it are many And that means having a beginning session that
approximates as close as possible the dance itself.
In your email you mention larks and ravens. If you do have a beginning workshop, are the
newbies given the opportunity to practice/react to their new titles? Not having that
opportunity to practice reacting to their new titles may cause a bit of confusion on the
dance floor.
Tom
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