23 Nov
2022
23 Nov
'22
9:18 a.m.
At the risk of derailing this conversation, ah, I definitely am derailing it so will
change the subject line.
I’d like to see new COVID-aware choreography with fewer swings. If swinging is perhaps the
most dangerous thing we do while dancing, I’d like to see some new dances that emphasize
partner swings and de-emphasize neighbor swings, and at least some dances without any
swings.
I’m intrigued by the idea that dances without swings open up 32 beats of opportunity for
new choreography.
Lisa Sieverts
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lisa(a)lisasieverts.com
On 23 Nov 2022, at 9:30, Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers wrote:
"during the average contra evening, you will
spend approximately 30 minutes
swinging"
Tangent: I thought "that can't be right" but a little playing with numbers
and I think it is. My back of the envelope: guess ~12 dances, each ~17
times through, with ~20 beats of swinging per dance. That's 4k beats of
swinging, which at 118bpm is 35min. Another way to think of it is that in
a 3hr evening half of your time is dancing and a third of that is swinging.
Jeff