4 Oct
2011
4 Oct
'11
5:44 p.m.
Clearly, it matters what your dance community is like. If you usually have
lots of beginners dancing together, then the extra neighbor interaction
increases their chance of dancing with an experienced dancer. But if your
community is filled with dance angels who specifically ask newcomers to
dance, then the increased neighbor interaction effectively *reduces *those
chances by however much you have reduced partner interaction.
I'd agree with your approach if the usual pairing early on is with new
people who came together - then it makes a lot of sense! But in a community
which has succeeded in getting lots of dancers to make sure the new folks
have experienced partners, it doesn't exactly work the way you may have
intended.
I'm just sayin' ... know your community.
M
E
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Martha Edwards
<meedwards(a)westendweb.com>
wrote:
...
--
As you set out for Ithaka, pray that your journey be long, full of
adventure, full of discovery...
May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, with what joy,
you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time.
~Constantine Cavafy, "Ithaka" 1911
So there you are, having asked a newcomer to dance, and you watch
somewhat
helplessly as they dance with other newcomers
while you dance with their
experienced partner!
M
E
Speaking as someone else who goes heavy on the neighbor interaction early
on.
Yes, but on the flip side you're helping all the other newcomers in
the line. And you're in the general vicinity for emergency assists and
progressions.
-Chris Page
San Diego
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