Oh gosh, this is an interesting question because as a young dancer/caller, I suppose I'm sort of like the fish who asks "what's water?" but for what it's worth, a few moves that I can think of as particularly popular with me and my cohort are box circulates, mad robins, and pousettes, as well as a good circle right. Maybe square through and Rory O'Moore make this list as well.

A few dances I'd recommend: Folklike Frolic by Lindsey Dono, Playground Stomp by Ron Blechner, A Thing of Trust by Chris Page, or my own Barack Me Obamadeus, Neighbor Neighbor On the Wall, or Violet Ice (the latter is a set up in difficulty but also was quiet literally written to be a cool-hip-young-people dance, so do with that what you will).

You can of course get more where these came from by looking at stuff from the younger choreographer crowd -- in addition to the folks who wrote the above dances, Yoyo Zhou comes to mind as one of that demographic. I'm sure there are others that I'm blanking on at the moment. I've also yet to dance a boring Rick Mohr dance.

Let me know if you want any more specific recommendations!

Best of luck,

Maia

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:26 PM Amy Cann via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hi all. I'm heading in to Boston this weekend to call a double bill for BIDA -- family dance for an hour, then potluck, then the regular Sunday evening.

It's intergenerational, leans young/collegiate, uses "Larks/Ravens" (just found this out) and is in general all things hip.

I am staring at my cards and feeling... Ralph Page-y. Out of date.
Wayyyy too many proper dances. Not enough "cool moves".

Old fashioned.

Help me?

What's your current dance that adapts well to gender-role-free, has an interesting "hook", isn't too hard, keeps everyone moving, and in general comes across as "cool"?

Low mental piece count, but interesting pieces?

Contras, sicilians, circles all welcome. Also links to any past threads on here w/ a similar focus.

I'm going to go drink my Postum.

Amy
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