Greg you're very quickly going to come up against a group of vocal callers which insist a dance has to be XX% unique from any other sequence ever invented to be a unique sequence and who are convinced that their value of XX is the only correct answer 😅

Generally speaking, I'd agree that most dances fall into
A) Connect the swings in a neat way
B) Get the swings out of the way as quickly as possible so we can do something neat (Hotpoint special, eg)

but I'd tentatively push back against naming and staking originator-ship on even smaller component phrases of choreography. It's already pretty nearly impossible for a choreographer to publish simpler dances these days without a chorus of screeches to the tune of "THIS IS YYYY DANCE BY ZZZZZ BUT YOU CHANGED 25% OF IT YOU HACK"....

I think a lot of people on this list already know my feelings about staking claim and authorship of mathematical truths (because, yes, You're Among Friends exists whether we observe it or not) and my even more severe feelings about charging for them. I'm probably in a minority on the opposite extreme, but generally my vote is going to be against finding ways to put our names on even smaller pieces of choreo when it's already such a crowded medium, I think.

PS for more rants about dance originality,

https://contradb.com/dances/2052

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023, at 9:35 AM, Gregory Frock via Contra Callers wrote:

Hi All,

Just before COVID I wrote this dance (Composition 148):

A1: N1 All L 1 1/2 to side waves, balance, N2 All R 3/4;

A2: Balance, All walk forward and swing N1;

B1: Circle L 3/4, P swing;

B2: Balance the Ring, N1 Roll away across, Balance the Ring, Petronella twirl to next.

Using this dance as a base, I created this dance yesterday afternoon:

(Composition 159)

A1: N1 All R 1 1/2 to side waves, balance, N2 All L 3/4;

A2: Balance, All walk forward and swing N1;

B1: Circle L 3/4, P swing;

B2: Right Hand Chain, Star Left.

If got me thinking that given the 'mandatory swing requirements' these days, more and more choreographic sequences are just coming up with new ways to interestingly connect the swings, and most of the connective filler is just that. This is not an original concept; Cary Ravitz mentioned it years ago. But, it got me thinking that rather than dances, I am more creating modules these days. So, I am retitling my A parts (which appear original, as far as checking callers' Box and Contradb)

Module A:

A1: N1 All L 1 1/2 to side waves, balance, N2 All R 3/4;

A2: Balance, All walk forward and swing N1;

Module A (Isomorph):

A1: N1 All R 1 1/2 to side waves, balance, N2 All L 3/4;

A2: Balance, All walk forward and swing N1;

Using the Circle L 3/4, P Swing B1 Module, here are some B2 modules that quickly came to mind:

For Module A:

B2: Left Hand Chain, Star Right
B2: Balance the Ring, Neighbors Roll Away across the set, Balance the Ring, Petronella twirl to next
B2: Larks Allemande left, Partners pull by right, Robins Pull by Left, Neighbors Allemande Right ¾

For Module A Isomorph:

B2: Left Hand Chain, Partners Balance Right hand across and square through 2
B2: Circle Left, slide left to next as a couple, circle left ¾ (rendezvous finish)
B2: Circle Right 1 ¼, Zigzag right then left to next

Of course, there are plenty more that can be worked out, and even more changing B1 to a partner swing on the other side. I look forward to seeing some of your own variants.

Regards,

Greg

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